Vaibhav Vaish wrote: > > We're having the following problem: > > On a P-II with adaptec SCSI drive, we have linux and NT. Using a grub > floppy, we can boot into both. When we install grub > > install= (fd0)+1 (hd0) (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p > > (where hd0,1 = sda1 holds the linux root filesystem, with stage2 residing > in /boot/grub, along with menu.lst), no error is given. However, on > booting (after installation), the system hangs aftere BIOS check ... we > don't get as far as the menu. No error message is displayed. > > At the command line, grub recognizes hd0,0 (NT) and hd0,1 (ext2). It also > recognizes them when we replace hd0 by 0x80, but not with 0x8000. We tried > installation with the address 0x80, but no difference. > > Any ideas as to what we're doing wrong ?
I once had a simular problem with an adaptec 1542. I managed to get it working with the d option of grub: install= (fd0)+1 d (hd0) (hd0,1)/boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p The documentation states that this will lead to another way oflooking up drives, I don't remember exactly. Matthias
