Re: Grub boots only from floppy
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Matthias Pfisterer wrote:
>
>
> 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
it didn't work. the system is till hanging after booting after we install
grub
Vaibhav,
Vasisht
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