Hello:
I am a first time user of GRUB and am attempting to use version 0.5. I got
this from <www.uruk.org/grub> and have printed out and read the
documentation there. I do intend to get the latest version
<grub-0.5.91.tar.gz> but I thought I would practice with what I have.
While in DOS, I created a file called grub.raw using <copy/b stage1 + stage2
grub.raw>. Then, I copied this to a floppy disk using <rawrite.exe>. This
floppy disk successfully boots the system and displays a prompt.
My hard disk is partitioned into a primary partition and an extended
partition; the extended partition contains several logical partitions. The
primary partition, Drive C, contains DOS and is FAT. The first logical
partition, drive D, contains Windows NT 4 Workstation and one of the
following logical partitions contains Linux.
Following the "GRUB Installation Guide", on drive C, I created <\boot\grub>;
here I put the binary <stage2> file. Next, I booted the system with the
GRUB boot floppy; at the prompt I typed the following command (this is from
the second installation example in the GRUB Installation Guide, ". . .
placing the stage1 on the floppy . . .")
install= (fd0)+1 d (fd0) (hd0,0)\boot\grub\stage2 0x800 p
The GRUB boot disk accepted the command without error. However, when I boot
the machine from the GRUB boot floppy, there is no prompt and the machine
appears to be halted.
The explanation for this command sequence says "The "d" option near the
beginning is what sets the "forced" loading from the disk where the stage2
was installed from. The rest of the options are the same except for the
"destination device" to place the finished stage1 on is change to the floppy
disk."
I interpret this to mean that I should be able to boot the machine from the
GRUB boot disk and use to select an operating system to boot. That is,
modified <stage1> on the floppy boot disk would be able to call-up
<\boot\grub\stage2> on the first partition of the hard disk; from here, I
could select an operating system at the command line. I wanted to try this
first and get it working before using GRUB to fool around with hard disk
sector one.
I probably have a basic misunderstanding here but I do not know what it is.
Any help or suggestions will be appreciated.
Bill Parker, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The HURD is a free GNU operating system.
'Hurd' stands for `Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons'.
And, then, `Hird' stands for `Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth'.
