> > I'd like to put the stage1/stage2 files on the FAT32 partition, but this is
> > what I get:
> > grub> root (hd0,0)
> > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xc
>
> What does "geometry (hd0)" say? Does it list all three partitions
> with correct size? If it does it is most probably an error in the
> grub's fat filesystem. Can you send the output from the geometry
> command?
I didn't see any sizes, but...
grub> geometry (hd0)
drive 0x80: C/H/S = 2205/255/63, The number of sectors = 35433216, /dev/ide/hos
t0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
Partition num: 0, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xc
Partition num: 1, Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x82
Partition num: 2, Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
> I would also like to see the boot sector of the fat partition just in
> case it is a bug in grub's fat. You can extract it in linux with
>
> dd if=/dev/hda1 of=fatbpb.dat bs=64 count=1
Since it's small, I've attached it to this message.
> BTW, is this from linux with grub shell, or did you boot from a grub
> floppy? It would help to know this to locate the bug.
This is from running the grub shell under linux.
Thanks so much for all your help!
Ben
fatbpb.dat
