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


From: Jochen Hoenicke
Subject: Re: [0.5.96] "Error 29: Disk write error", when installing GRUB
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 11:19:25 +0200 (MET DST)

On Oct 12, Martin Sapsed wrote:
> In the grub shell I do 
> 
> root (hd0,2)
> setup (hd0)
> 
> and get the same errors as Thierry got. 
> 
> 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!

There is a bug in 0.5.96, that partitions are opened read only in grub
shell.  See the mail from Okuji with the subject "a serious bug in
write_to_partition". I think this is your problem.

You can put grub on a floppy, boot it and install from there, or you
can wait for 0.5.96.1 which will fix this bug, or you can get the
latest sources from CVS.

  Jochen



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