Re: GRUB problem

[cr <cr@orcon.net.nz>]

On Friday 27 June 2003 05:42, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * cr (cr@orcon.net.nz) [030625 01:44]:
> > I think grub-install actually looks for the files in
> > /usr/lib/grub/i386pc/ and copies them to /boot/grub in root dir on 
> > /dev/hda    OR, if you specify (as I do)
> > grub-install  --root-directory=/boot  /dev/hda   then it copies them to
> > the /boot partition i.e.  /boot/boot/grub/   in Linux terms.
> >
> > Grub itself when booted from floppy looks for files in both /boot/grub 
> > and /grub, going by the error messages:
> >
> > root (hd0,0)
> > setup (hd0)
> > Checking if "/boot/grub/Stage1" exists ... no
> > Checking if "/grub/Stage1" exists ... no
> > Error 2: Bad file or directory type
>
> Just to avoid confusion, I'll reiterate what you have already so clearly
> pointed out earlier in this thread.  The above messages indicte that
> grub is looking for (hd0,0)/boot/grub/Stage1  (which Linux calls
> /boot/boot/grub/Stage1) and then, when that's not found,
> (hd0,0)/grub/Stage1 (which Linux calls /boot/grub/Stage1).  Okay, so
> maybe I increased the confusion!
>
> good times,
> Vineet

You haven't increased my confusion.   :)
And what you say there is quite correct.

As you pointed out earlier, all those 'Stage1' mentions should be 'stage1', I 
was typing it in from a scribbled note I made.   But anyway, Linux can see 
those files on the drive and grub apparently can't.     They're there right 
now, in both directories (since grub-install copied them from 
/usr/lib/grub/i386-pc to /boot/boot/grub, and I copied them to /boot/grub   
just to make sure), and they're real files, not symlinks.    Very odd.

Thanks

cr