Is anyone else experiencing this problem. Any ideas?
Thanks. ----- Forwarded message from Stephane Jourdois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003 08:04:22 +0200 > From: Stephane Jourdois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jason Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: grub > > On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 11:17:20AM +1000, Jason Thomas wrote: > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=108640 > > stephane is this still an issue for you? > > Yes it is : > > (hd0,0) is reiserfs, (hd0,1) is ext2. > I use (hd0,1) as /boot, since it's the only way to use grub on my > machine for the moment. > > Without /boot on ext2, here is what I get : > > root(pts/4)@emeraude:~# grub-install '(hd0)' > The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly. > root(pts/4)@emeraude:~# grub > [snip] > GNU GRUB version 0.93 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) > [snip] > grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 > (hd0,0) > (hd0,1) > > grub> cat (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage1 > > grub> cat (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage1 > [snip, garbage on screen :-) ] > > grub> dump (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage1 /tmp/foo > dump (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage1 /tmp/foo > > grub> quit > quit > root(pts/4)@emeraude:~# ls -l /tmp/foo > -rw------- 1 root root 0 2003-08-01 07:50 /tmp/foo > root(pts/4)@emeraude:~# mount > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on / type reiserfs (rw,notail) > > I use reiserfs 3.6, perhaps that's an issue ? > I can provide you debug info if necessary, but I didn't find any > readable info inside it myself :-) > > > If I use my ext2 partition as /boot, everything works : > > root(pts/4)@emeraude:~# mount > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 on / type reiserfs (rw,notail) > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 on /boot type ext2 (rw) > root(pts/4)@emeraude:~# grub-install '(hd0)' > Installation finished. No error reported. > > (and the machine boots correctly) > > > Thanks for your attention. > > -- > /// Stephane Jourdois /"\ ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN \\\ > ((( Ing?nieur d?veloppement \ / AGAINST HTML MAIL ))) > \\\ 24, rue Cauchy X /// > \\\ 75015 Paris / \ +33 6 8643 3085 /// ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 Unix System Administrator Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 Intology Services Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.intology.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
