Re: [Bug-grub] I have some strange problems

[Jason Thomas]

On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:42:29AM +0100, Andreas L. Gustafsson wrote:
> So, this is how my computer look like:
> 
> I have my Linux / at /dev/hdd5
> I have a /boot partition at /dev/hdd4
> 
> I have stage1, stage2 and e2fs_stage1_5 (whatever that is!) at /boot/grub
> as the manual tells me.
> 
> I have tried to do 
> > find /boot/grub/stage1
> 
> and got:
> (hd1,3)
> as a result. This looks like it makes sense.
> 
> doing:
> > root (hd1,3)
> > setup (hd0)
> 
> makes GRUB fail to load stage2 (or is it 1_5?) for some reason.
> 
> I tried some other permutations and even tried to install GRUB on a floppy
> but no success.

how did you make the grub floppy, all you need to do is
`cat stage1 stage2 > /dev/fd0`

then boot from that and do your `find /boot/grub/stage1` and see if its
the same.

the commands you showed above are correct!