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

[Gregg C Levine]

Hello!
Close. I believe you'd want one of the later versions, 1.95 is while not old
and it's just not one of the latest and greatest. CVS or whatever the
project uses contains the most recent releases.

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> -----Original Message-----
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> address@hidden On Behalf Of Dallas
Clement
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 1:01 PM
> To: Gregg Levine
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> Subject: Re: Where can I get the files stage1 and stage2?
> 
> On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 17:47 -0400, Gregg Levine wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I was hoping to give the latest and greatest a try.  I know the older
> stuff will work fine.  Just need to know how the new stuff works.  Are
> all the files included that are needed to boot in the 1.95 version I
> downloaded?  Would appreciate it if you could tell me what all files are
> required.  I'm assuming 1.95 is almost fully baked.? :)
> 
> Regards,
> Dallas
> 
> 
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