thanks > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:redhat-list- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Schwendt > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 1:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: GRUB failure > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 13:13:46 -0500, Otto Haliburton wrote: > > > Knowing where the GRUB directory is doesn't have anything to do with > > knowing where things are located. The MBR is in the 1st sector of > the > > drive we agree. Once GRUB is called it goes to a particular > location on > > the disk to load stage1 (that particular location on linux just > happens > > to be /boot/grub). I suggest you go to /boot/grub and see what is > in > > that directory. Again I am saying something very simple. If it > knows > > where stage1 is then it knows where stage2 is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 > > *sigh* > > No. Because > > 1) stage1 is the MBR and NOT the file in grub directory, > > 2) two completely different techniques are used to load > stage1.5 and stage2. > > While the physical location of stage1.5 is hardcoded into the MBR, > the location of stage2 is not. At a later point in the booting > process, GRUB is able to access the ext2 file-system directly > and *then* can access stage2 and any file on its root partition. > > But all this is irrelevant. Ashley is confronted with a problem > where GRUB stage1 (the MBR!) fails/hangs. IMO, and I've mentioned > that earlier, the only reason can be that it gets a wrong BIOS drive > Id or loads wrong sectors due to geometry mismatch. We don't know > what role primary slave drive plays when it is removed. Hence I > don't have any other comment. > > Btw, since I'm tired of your replies in this thread, welcome to my > ~/.procmailrc! Don't expect another reply from me. > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE/LVbU0iMVcrivHFQRAsXmAJ9BndNBko84D+EutCyewq0VPBsHAACfUAro > 429/pTz0rncvSaMZLzbO34k= > =gJCZ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
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