Re: grub install bug?

[Brian May <bam@debian.org>]

>>>>> "Thierry" == Thierry Laronde <thierry@cri74.org> writes:

    Thierry> Strange. The only stage physically copied is stage1
    Thierry> (eventually *stage1_5), so I can't see where and when
    Thierry> another file can be corrupted.

Agreed.

However, the problem is 100% reproducible, just install grub using grub
0.5.93.1, when the version in /boot/grub is 0.5.95.

However, I just checked the md5sum before and after, and it is exactly
the same.

So, it is really strange that I can't boot the hurd again (via Grub on
floppy disk) until gnumach is reinstalled.

LATER: Just booting Linux seems to be the significant point. It
seems that

a) installing grub
b) booting hurd from same shell works

a) reset computer to boot from invalid grub installation. computer hangs.
b) reset computer to boot from grub disk
c) select hurd does not work

however, the problem is not reproducible anymore <grin>, so I think we
can close this problem as being caused by the dodgy hardware.

    Thierry> Is there a `savedefault' command in the menu.lst ?

No.

Entire menu.lst file as follows:

#
# Sample boot menu configuration file
#

# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 30

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

# For booting Linux
title  GNU/Linux 2.2.17
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17 root=/dev/hda1

# For booting Linux
title  GNU/Linux 2.2.14
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14 root=/dev/hda1

# For booting Linux
title  GNU/Linux 2.2.12
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12 root=/dev/hda1

# For booting the GNU Hurd
title  GNU/Hurd
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/gnumach.gz root=hd0s1
module /boot/serverboot.gz

# For installing GRUB into the hard disk
title Install GRUB into the hard disk
root    (hd0,0)
install /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>