> Dr. Edgar Alwers schrieb: > > Hi, > > I am trying to boot my ( perfect working) blfs-system, which I > > copied to an external disk, also from this disk. My kernel is > > 2.6.23.1, the bios recognises the usb-disk and is prepared to > > boot. > > My problem: I copied "menu.lst" and "stage1" and "stage2" to the > > boot partition "/dev/sda5". When I call "grub (sd0,4)" with the > > help of a rescue cd, in order to put a MBR on the external disk, > > I get a parsing error. > > What is wrong ? > > Thank you very much in advance > > Edgar > > > Hi Edgar, > > calling grub with a disk option is not the right way, i hope it was a > typo. In grub, every disk is a HD, therefore is your disk a hd0. > > The correct command sequence for sda5 (hd0,4) is: > # sh> grub > # grub> root (hd0,4) > # grub> setup (hd0,4) > # grub> quit > ... > # sh> reboot # and enjoy
Before doing that, be sure to check hd0 isn't your main HD, by writing root(hd and pressing tab twice.. Lauri -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
