Re: Grub/LILO install fails on DL385

[Chris DiVirgilio <divirg@umich.edu>]

Is this during the initial installation of Debian and are you using  
ext3?  I had the same problem on the same hardware.  When installing  
Grub from the Debian installer, I got a similar error:  "boot/grub/ 
stage1 not read correctly."  LILO wouldn't install either.

I found this thread <http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/09/ 
msg00225.html>.  It doesn't actually identify a problem, but based on  
the circumstances of the poster's problem, I decided to try ReiserFS  
instead of ext3.  Grub installed flawlessly.

I can't even begin to imagine why either bootloader would fail to  
install on ext3 but not ReiserFS, but for me, that was the *only*  
variable in the equation.

- Chris


On Feb 1, 2006, at 8:46 AM, Stefan Lucien wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm in trouble with an installation of GRUB on a HP DL385 Proliant  
> with debian sarge for AMD64.
> When I run grub-install hd0
> It returns me
> Checking if /boot/grub/stage1 exists, no
>
> Well the file is in this directory.
> I don't understand why it makes me cry.
>
> Does anybody could help me ?
>
> --
> Stefan LUCIEN
>
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