GRUB woes (install to hde)
Hi folks,
following up on several earlier threads, including one of my own --
I'm trying desperately to install grub on an auxiliary hard drive
currently living on the 3rd IDE bus (/dev/hde). This is part of a
scheme to do a mass debian install based on disk images... but for now,
the important thing is that I can't seem to install grub to this
location.
I've tried 2 methods:
1) as root, execute grub-install "(hd2)" [also tried hd4, I get the
same results]. Here's the output:
grub-install "(hd2)"
GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
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grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/boot/grub (hd2)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd2)"... failed (this is not
fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,0)"... failed (this is
not fatal)
Running "install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/stage1 d (hd2)
/boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... failed
Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
grub> quit
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bummer. so, I tried a method suggested elsewhere, and chrooted into
the filesystem on the disk in question to install grub from there:
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#chroot /mnt/hde
root@anarres:/# grub-install /dev/hde
/dev/hde does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
root@anarres:/# grub-install hd4
The file /boot/grub/stage1 not read correctly.
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soooo... what's going on? I've been workingo n this for a while and
need to have it working soon.... any suggestions? really REALLY
appreciate your help,
matt
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