In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > I'm still booting off floppy and trying to get GRUB sorted. > > I have /boot on /dev/hda1 and root on /dev/hda5 > > (At first, LILO was just hanging with 'LI 99 99 99' and GRub, when I > installed it gave an Error 5 - 'partition table bad'. Eventually I got > half a clue and added /boot (/dev/hda1) into /etc/fstab and started > again...) > > Lilo when installed and booted just gives 'LI' and stops. > > Grub when installed and booted gives the following: > > GRUB Loading Stage 1.5 > GRUB Loading, please wait... > Error 2 (and that's as far as it gets) > > Error 2 means " Bad file or directory type > This error is returned if a file requested is not a regular file, but > something like a symbolic link, directory, or FIFO. " > > Does anyone have any ideas?
Could we see your /etc/fstab and the output of 'df > mount-partitions, please? I'm thinking that maybe you entered the line for /boot into /etc/fstab and didn't put a new line character at the end of the file. It would then not see /boot. Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]