grub install problems

bigearsbilly · 06-28-2009, 06:05 PM

OK trying to install grub.

Code:

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub>

which corresponds to /dev/sda1
then I try to setup to MBR and...

Code:

grub> setup (hd0)
 Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
 Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no

WTF?
but they so do exist.

Code:

# df . 
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda1             29474172   5997080  23177924  21% /initrd/mnt/dev_save



# ls -1 $PWD/sta*
/initrd/mnt/dev_save/boot/grub/stage1
/initrd/mnt/dev_save/boot/grub/stage2
/initrd/mnt/dev_save/boot/grub/stage2_eltorito

any ideas?

Hern_28 · 06-28-2009, 06:21 PM

Here a link showing possible problems:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/grub-error-guide.xml

Hope this helps.

syg00 · 06-28-2009, 07:25 PM

Do a "find /boot/grub/stage1" (or "find /grub/stage1") from within the grub shell. Let it find itself for you.

knudfl · 06-28-2009, 10:54 PM

The grub shell is stupid ?
And will only know, what was found by the command
find /boot/grub/stage1 ( as said by syg00.)
... which is forgotten when hitting 'quit'.

So therefore the above is the first command.

Second command : grub> root (hd0,0)
Third command : grub> setup (hd....)
.....

bigearsbilly · 06-29-2009, 05:30 AM

no
I tried the find
it doesn't find.
it's odd, I've used grub before i'm not a newbie.
even using a puppy linux grub GUI didn't work.
though I've had grub on before, at the mo' it's BSD in the MBR.

syg00 · 06-29-2009, 06:55 AM

Rather than call grub (shell) stupid, I'd prefer "not too sophisticated". Try mounting at /boot rather than /initrd/mnt/dev_save/boot

bigearsbilly · 07-02-2009, 06:25 PM

no, it doesn't need to be mounted anyway,
but look!

Code:

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1

Error 15: File not found

grub> 

grub> root
 (hd0,0): Filesystem type is ufs2, partition type 0xa5

weird.
my BSD partition maybe is weirding it out.
that's on (hd0,3) tho'