Ok, here we go.... grub-0.5.94 works fine on my system (install, boot,
everything). I tried out grub-0.5.96 and it does not work.
Steps I took:
1. removed /boot/grub and all the binaries and /usr/local/share/grub
2. compiled and installed 0.5.96
3. grub-install /dev/hdc1
Output follows:
GRUB version 0.5.96 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
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grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage
2"... failed
Error 29: Disk write error
Ok, here's output from fdisk /dev/hdc
Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1582 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdc1 * 1 225 1807281 83 Linux
/dev/hdc3 226 486 2096482+ 6 FAT16
/dev/hdc4 487 1582 8803620 5 Extended
/dev/hdc5 487 851 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/hdc6 852 1216 2931831 83 Linux
/dev/hdc7 1217 1471 2048256 83 Linux
/dev/hdc8 1472 1582 891576 82 Linux swap
I also tried to install grub using 'setup (hd0,0)' but the install failed with
the same 'Disk write error'.
As I've stated, 0.5.94 install and runs just fine on this system. Nothing has
changed at all.
Not sure what info you need, but using gcc2.95.2, latest binutils, glib-2.1.3,
kernel 2.4.0-test10.
Kurt
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