Re: [0.5.96] "Error 29: Disk write error", when installing GRUB

[Martin Sapsed]

Hi all,

I'm new here so please be gentle with me!

I'm trying to use GNU GRUB to boot a local copy of windows 9x and to
netboot a tftpable linux kernel. I've done the latter bit using a floppy
- works fine. I'm now trying to install GRUB onto the hard drive using
the menu.lst below.

On the hard drive are 2 FAT partitions and then an ext2fs partition into
which I want to copy the C: drive as a backup. Currently all that is in
this partition is a /boot/grub directory containing the *stage* files
and the menu. The copy of linux that's running used the GRUB boot
floppy, tftpable linux (2.2.13) kernel and NFS mounted it's root
filesystem. I've mounted hda2 (where the boot/grub stuff is) under
/mnt/backup.

In the grub shell I do 

root (hd0,2)
setup (hd0)

and get the same errors as Thierry got. 

I try 
find /boot/grub/stage2
and it reports
(hd0,2)
(fd0)

I have looked in the archives as suggested in the original reply to
Thierry's message but can't see anything relevant. Maybe I'm looking in
the wrong place since Thierry got some inspiration there!

Cheers,

Martin

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------- menu.lst ---------------------
timeout 30
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
i18n (hd0,2)/boot/grub/messages
keytable (hd0,2)/boot/uk.klt
default 0

# For booting Windows NT or Windows95
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader 
+1                                                            

title fix
dhcp
root (nd)
kernel /linux/bzImage-2.2.13 4 root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=/export/pc0/win95/nfsroot
boot

title admin
dhcp
root (nd)
kernel /linux/bzImage-2.2.13 3 root=/dev/nfs
nfsroot=/export/pc0/win95/nfsroot
boot

title floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1