From: Brian Brunswick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Grub error messages
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:29:54 +0100 (BST)
> gcc version 2.7.2.3
> GNU assembler version 2.9.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu), using BFD version 2.9.1.0.4
>
> This builds a totally wrong stage1, with no warning at all. Code
> offsets wrong etc relative to downloaded binary versions. I would
> suggest putting in something to prevent this trap!
I don't think so. You should know 2.9.1.0.x is BETA release. Why
must we check it even if it is a beta release? If you send a patch for
it to us, we will be pleased to merge the patch, otherwise we will not
work on it because it's not important at all.
> Since then, in a very few minutes at odd times over the last couple of
> weeks I've still been fighting with grub trying to get it to work. I
> can install enough on my hard disk to boot to the grub command line,
> but I can't get it to read the menu.lst file.
Please write down the command that you used for the installation
exactly.
> One thing thats really hindering is its silence. Surely it would be worth
> having each stage at least announce itself as running, so one can see
> whats going go. At least a Grub 1 1.5 2.. type of output. And some
> kind of message about the menu file.
Agreed. But I think the worst point should be that GRUB-installation
is not user-friendly. So I have been considering changing the
command-line interface heavily, though that will lead to
incompatibility.
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