From: Neal H Walfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A few notes on my experience
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2000 23:29:15 -0500
> What format do you want install_device in? grub? linux?
Read the manual.
> Should grub identify linux swap?
Why?
> After installing grub on the first partition of my primary slave
> (setup (hd0,0); note it is the first bootable disk) and then
> booting, grub would say:
>
> stage1 stage1 stage1.... (forever)
What did the command setup display? Showing only the result doesn't
help us to figure out what happened.
> grub> kernel (hd1,<tab>
> error reading geometry ....
The exact message is necessary.
> Note that it could read the partition ok. Also note that tab completion
> work correctly before installing grub.
I suspect that GRUB might make your partition table corrupt. Try to
run fdisk (cfdisk, or whatever you like) and check it.
Okuji
