Re: Where can I get the files stage1 and stage2?

[Gregg Levine]

On 6/30/07, Dallas Clement <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I downloaded GRUB 2 version 1.95 and built it for my target system which
> is a i686.  I'm trying to install grub from an install script that
> copies all of the files found in my /lib/grub/i386-pc directory onto my
> target system /boot/grub directory.
>
> When I reboot my target system, GRUB starts to load and then fails with
> error 15.
>
> >From prior experience with GRUB, I observed that the files menu.lst,
> stage1, and stage2 are conspicuously missing from the GRUB 2 (1.95)
> package I downloaded and built.
>
> If I copy these files from my Debian system onto my target
> system /boot/grub directory, my target will boot up Linux just fine.
> Hence, I have concluded that I must have these files in order to boot.
>
> It seems like the files menu.lst, stage1, and stage2 should be included
> in the GRUB source package.  I realize stage1 and stage2 are binaries.
> Why are they not built along with the rest of the GRUB binaries?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> --Dallas Clement

Hello!
What you've downloaded is actually one of several GRUB2 kits. They
work considerably more different then the ones we discuss here. I
suggest you grab one of the older versions, that is of the legacy
ones, if that's what your more comfortable with.

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Gregg C Levine address@hidden
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