I GOT IT! Here is what I did:
1) I generated a grub floppy (on an empty floppy) by doing: prompt> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy prompt> mkdir /mnt/floppy/boot; mkdir /mnt/floppy/boot/grub prompt> cp -p /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage* /mnt/floppy/boot/grub 2) I called /sbin/grub and did: grub> root (fd0) grub> setup (fd0) grub> quit 3) I rebooted the system with the floppy inserted and got the "grub>" prompt. Here is where it gets tricky. For some obscure reason to me, perhaps related to the fact that is a SCSI disk controlled by an AIC-7880, the grub device under the emulator is (hd1), while under the grub program itself is (hd0). So it follows like this: 4) Remove the floppy and did: grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0) and came a message saying what was done in terms of the "install" command (can't remember now). 5) Here is the tricky part. I re-typed the same command "install" printed before with the addition of the parameter 'd' right after the "stage1" stuff. 6) Rebooted and got the grub screen from which I was able to choose the kernel to boot. I hope this helps. Cheers, Dan >Things are getting worse out here. Before I was getting the >"grub>" prompt. But after I did the "setup" I only get a string >"GRUB" and hangs. Furthermore, on the setup that anaconda did >automatically during the RH installation, the HD was (hd0), but >after doing the "setup" it changed to (hd1). Here is the >transaction: > >grub> root (hd1,0) > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > >grub> setup (hd1) > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no > Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes > Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes > Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes > Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1)"... 16 sectors are embedded. >succeeded > Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1)1+16 p (hd1,0)/grub/stage2 > /grub/grub.conf"... succeeded >Done. _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
