Am Montag, den 11.08.2008, 10:09 -0400 schrieb Edward Allcutt: > grub-setup fails in exactly the same way, however grub-fstest seems to > have no problem at all with the new core.img: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# grub-fstest -vvv /dev/sda1 cmp /grub/core.img \ > /boot/grub/core.img; echo $? > 0 > > Am I using grub-fstest wrong or does this imply grub-setup is broken?
Weird that this worked for you, I had to use: fz:~# grub-fstest -vvv /dev/hda cmp "(loop,2)/boot/grub/core.img" /boot/grub/core.img fz:~# grub-fstest -vvv /dev/hda ls "(loop,2)/boot/grub/core.img" core.img hda2 contains my linux / As you can see with `grub-fstest -h' it has a ls command which works just like real GRUB's one. grub-fstest is using loop instead of hd as you can see above. > grub-setup: info: couldn't open the core image > grub-setup: info: error message = file not found I should have written that part on my mail too. So please try again grub-fstest like above. >I've also noticed that when using grub-emu I get other errors: > grub> insmod (hd0,1)/grub/gpt.mod > error: invalid arch independent ELF magic > > For all I know this is "normal" but it seemed worth mentioning. This is really normal, nothing to worry about. grub-emu just doestn't support the modules at all. But you shouldn't need them, i.e. `ls' command should display your harddisks and partitions just like real GRUB's one or grub-fstest's. >Would `dd bs=512 if=/dev/sda1 | gzip >sda1` be sufficient as the > filesystem image or would the GPT table be necessary too? I just started with the GRUB project and I think Robert is neither a filesystem/partition expert so better have this whole discussion upstream (i.e. grub-devel). It doestn't hurt if you attach the first 1024 bytes of your disk which should contain enough information of the GPT (according to Wikipedia). I forgot that you already have a /boot partition so that should be small enough already :) By the way: bzip2 compresses better then the gzip you used above and the grub-devel lists rejects mails something bigger as 1 MB or so. So better find a place to upload the boot.img like rapidshare. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]