Hi Seth, I am assuming you are doing a cross-install from a debian GNU/linux system because of your comment:
> (for instance serverboot.gzkg-deb, or something like that try the grub install from the debian GNU/linux system. Use apt-get. set your BIOS to boot first floppy then harddrive remove the present bootloader if there is one for example lilo apt-get install lilo- install the grub bootloader, the latest version is grub 0.93.1 apt-get install grub make a grub directory in /boot mkdir /boot/grub/ copy files to /boot/grub/ cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /boot/grub/ cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /boot/grub/ copy files to a PREFORMATTED floppy dd if=/usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 dd if=/usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1 create a menu.lst file using your favorite quick editor(mine is joe) joe /boot/grub/menu.lst the menu.lst file is created/placed in the /boot/grub/directory: here is a example of menu.lst(an old copy of mine): # # configuration file for the grub bootloader # # timeout is 30 seconds timeout=30 # for booting WINDOWS 98 main title= WINDOWS 98 main root=(0x80,0) makeactive chainloader=+1 boot # for booting WINDOWS 98 experimental title= WINDOWS 98 experimental root=(0x80,1) makeactive chainloader=+1 boot # for booting WINDOWS NT 4.0 title= WINDOWS NT 4.0 root=(0x80,2) makeactive chainloader=+1 boot # for booting Debian GNU/linux 2.2 title= Debian GNU/linux 2.2 root=(hd0,4) kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13 root=/dev/hda5 boot # for installing the grub bootloader in the MBR title= Install the grub bootloader in the MBR(DANGEROUS!) pause=Esc to exit, Enter to continue... install=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0,4)/boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p Remember to put your hurd booting section in your menu.lst! Once you have created /boot/grub/menu.lst then reboot with your grub floppy in place. When the grub prompt comes up use the install= feature, for example install=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0,4)/boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p then reboot and have fun hope this helps Jim Seth Aaron Nickell wrote: > > > If so, you need to find the ncurses-term package from Debian. > > It should be under the admin directory -- it replaces ncurses-base > > and will satisfy that dependency. > > Since cross-install seemed geared towards ncurses4 anyway, I > "went with the flow" and snagged ncurses-base from slink (I > presume that it contains no Linux specific matter as it was > located in binary-all).... > > In any case I'm now experiencing show-stopping problems with > GRUB. I've dd'd the latest version of the GRUB-floppy for HURD > (10/23/99) over to my floppy drive. I've tried a number of > different floppies, including two brand new ones (and I've > not had trouble making linux boot floppies unless the floppy > itself was bad). > > But the directory structure on the GRUB disk (or at least > loopback directory structure, or whatever GRUB is using - as > I don't see much structure at *all* from linux) seems > completely corrupted. For instance, the directory 'boot' is > consistently mangled with the addition of two strange characters > to the end of it (one of which looks similar to an s). And it > contains two files - whose names actually look like screwed > up conglomerates of the files that should be in the directory > (for instance serverboot.gzkg-deb, or something like that > is one of the files). > > I might suspect my floppy drive, but I've never really had > trouble before. > > -Seth > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
