Re: problems with savedefault

[Thierry Laronde]

On Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 02:52:58PM +0100, Thierry Laronde wrote:
> 
>       Is grub able to write sectors ordinarily ? In at least one case, the
>       answer is yes : with the install command. So this succeeds with
>       install and fails with a function using the previous functions. So
>       the question : what is the differences between the use of these
>       functions in `savedefault' and `install' ?

There is in fact another difference between floppy and hard disk : in
floppy, generaly speaking, there is no *stage1_5.

I have tried to suppress *stage1_5 for the grub on the MBR of an IDE drive :
savedefault works...

So the problem is --- I guess... --- with the location of the first sector
of stage2 when a *stage1_5 is used.

And I am afraid of one thing : if this location is wrong where by hell is
writing `savedefault' ?

OTH
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