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Re: grub install questions (devfs problem)



 Ok, Thanks everybody for the help. I've installed GRUB
natively and it works fine. 
 As I figured out, stable distro has GRUB package without splashimage patch
applied.

On Thu, Aug 22, 2002 at 09:32:34AM +1000, Geoff Crompton wrote:
> 
> > > > /dev/sda5 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> > > 
> > > Have you checked your device.map file in GRUB's directory? 
> >  I have a device.map file in /boot/grub
> > it contains (fd0) and (hd0) lines. 
> > What else should I add there?
> > 
> 
>   Or, you could install grub 'natively'. The instructions are in the
>   grub documentation. You basically create a grub floppy, reboot with
>   the floppy, then run the following commands:
> 
>   root (hd0,0)
>   setup (hd0)
> 
>   Mind you, you need to check that you have the correct disk, I'm not
>   sure what hard disk number your scsi drive will be.
> 
>   Also, _before_ you do this, you need to setup your menu.lst in the
>   /boot/grub directory, so that when you boot of your new grub install
>   grub can actually find this menu file.

-- 

  Best regards,
  Alexey Chetroi

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