From: Andre Heynatz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cannot setup grub 0.5.95 on Linux/IDE system: File not found
Date: 10 Jul 2000 12:30:28 +0200
> This is strange, because only the root and var partitions can be
> seen by grub.
There is no surprise. GRUB just doesn't know how to "mount" your
partitions. So, if you have a separate partition for /var, then GRUB
sees /log/messages instead of /var/log/messages. Likewise, if you have
a separate partition for /boot (actually you have) and you make
/boot/grub under Linux, GRUB identifies the same directory as /grub
instead of /boot/grub. That's natural, since GRUB normally runs with
no operating system.
Therefore, you will have to choose either of these:
* Make /boot/boot/grub under Linux, copy GRUB images to the
directory, and install GRUB with the command "setup".
* Execute the command "install" directly, to specify an arbitrary
location of GRUB images.
The latter is deprecated, unless you are familiar with GRUB. Probably
you feel the former is ugly, but that is safer. Absolutely, we need to
make the installation procedure more clever, to prevent thid kind of
problem. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Okuji
