RE: GRUB problem installing menu.lst when e2fs_stage1_5 is present

[James Franklin]

Hi folks,
 I have rerun the test below twice with the following solution and learned
something interesting. It is possible to enter e2fs_stage1_5 and use
menu.lst by using the following method. As it works now it is not possible
to install GRUB in the hd0 with stage1, stage2, e2fs_stage1_5 and menu.lst
all at the same time. First run the GRUB install with stage1, stage2 and
menu.lst in the /boot/grub/ partitition from the boot floppy containing
stage1 and stage2. The install will verify that stage1, stage2 and menu.lst
have been installed in /grub/ (remember I am using a 10Meg partition for a
boot partition so it is recognized by GRUB as the root (hd0,5)in this case
rather than as /boot/). Then reboot and the boot screen appears. Boot into
the OS containing your GRUB program. Copy e2fs_stage1_5 into the /boot/grub/
directory. In the next step you need to reboot with the GRUB floppy in place
or as I do with a section of menu.lst that allows you to reinstall GRUB from
the boot screen. A copy of that section of menu.lst is given below:

# for installing the GRUB bootloader in the MBR
title=Install the GRUB bootloader in the MBR(DANGEROUS)
pause=Esc to exit, Enter to continue...
root=(hd0,5)
setup (hd0)

You will recieve verification from the program that stage1, stage2 and
e2fs_stage1_5 have been installed. On reboot the boot screen appears even
though there was no verification that it was indeed installed in the
previous step.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: help-hurd-admin@gnu.org [mailto:help-hurd-admin@gnu.org]On Behalf
Of James Franklin
Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:57 AM
To: help-hurd@gnu.org
Subject: GRUB problem installing menu.lst when e2fs_stage1_5 is present


Hi folks,
 I was installing GRUB 0.5.96.1 on my new setup. This is a couple of 30 Gig
IDE hard drives. The main debian GNU/Linux OS that I am installing GRUB from
is located in the first 1024 cylinders so that is not a consideration. I
have a boot floppy with stage1 and stage2 on it. The installation is from a
/boot partition ~10M in size. Since I am installing from a /boot partition,
when installing with setup (hd0) GRUB recognizes /grub/stage1,
/grub/e2fs_stage1_5, and /grub/stage2 and ends by telling me that
installation succeeded. Reboot and the grub prompt returns rather than the
boot screen. Reboot again and the grub prompt returns again rather than the
boot screen.
 To check that the error is repeatable I reinstalled grub using the same
procedure above. Rebooting twice I received the same results as above again.
 I manually booted into the main debian GNU/Linux OS and removed
e2fs_stage1_5 from /boot/grub/.
I rebooted and reinstalled GRUB with the above procedure. Installing with
setup (hd0) GRUB recognizes /grub/stage1, and /grub/stage2 and ends by
telling me that installation succeeded. On reboot the boot screen appears
and I can boot into any of the OSes I wish.
 Has anyone come up against this problem as well?
 Could someone forward a copy of this to the grub mail list for me as I am
not currently a member of that mail list.

Jim


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