Sadly I can't do that. Remember I'm booting of Knoppix here; prior to chrooting, everything above /mnt is read only.

1 => hda4???
2 => dunno

np

knoppix@ttyp1[knoppix]$ pkgdatadir=/mnt/hda5/boot/grub /mnt/hda5/sbin/grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/hda5 /dev/hda
/usr/share/grub/i386-redhat/stage1: Not found.
knoppix@ttyp1[knoppix]$


Grrrr....

knoppix@ttyp1[knoppix]$ mkdir -p /usr/share/grub/i386-redhat
mkdir: cannot create directory `/usr/share/grub': Read-only file system

See above post.

1) don't think it's a problem. We're trying to install to the first sector of the hard drive, not the first sector of hda5. hda5 would need to be bootable if the only boot loader available was the first sector of hda5.

2) no idea...

Let me look at the script some more to see about the pkgdatadir thing. It might require a quick edit.

like I said, you haven't chrooted to hda5 (AFAICT)
(see http://wiki.truffula.net/truffula/in...neLinuxSystems)
eg. chroot /mnt/hda5
_then_ run grub-install without the /mnt/hda5 prefix

Tried that waaaay back at the beginning. Tried it again, just to make sure:

root@ttyp1[knoppix]# chroot /mnt/hda5
[root@Knoppix /]# grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
/dev/hda: Not found or not a block device.
[root@Knoppix /]#

I was suggesting that he not chroot because if he does (and if his system uses udev), then there won't be a /dev/hda5 device file because the udev daemon is not available. That could be causing the problem. Essentially, I'm trying to get the grub-install script to use the Knoppix device files for IO access, but force it to use only the files located on hda5.

If the non-chroot route is still something worth trying, then execute this command:
Note, this will actually change the script, but it will create a backup in the same directory. If you give this a try, and it doesn't work, then replace the modified one with the backup.

To verify it changed the file, do:
If it looks good, then run :

Okay, just so you're aware, my grub is located in /mnt/hda5/boot/grub and my grub-install is in /mnt/hda5/sbin . I assume your patch will still work. I'm trying it now.

Yeah, sorry, the command would need to be changed to reflect that. I'll go back and edit it. I honestly just had a mental lapse and forgot the /boot part.

Using my slightly altered version of your instructions:

root@ttyp2[knoppix]# sed -i.backup 's@pkgdatadir=.\+@pkgdatadir=/mnt/hda5/boot/grub@' /mnt/hda5/sbin/grub-install
root@ttyp2[knoppix]# grep "pkgdatadir=" /mnt/hda5/sbin/grub-install
pkgdatadir=/mnt/hda5/boot/grub
root@ttyp2[knoppix]# /mnt/hda5/sbin/grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/hda5 /dev/hda
cp: cannot stat `/mnt/hda5/boot/grub/stage1': No such file or directory

Oh Goodness me!!!!! Reading the output from that last attempt, I acted on a whim and checked up on something. What do you make of this????

root@ttyp2[knoppix]# cd /mnt/hda5/boot/grub
root@ttyp2[grub]# ls
device.map grub.conf grub.conf~ menu.lst splash.xpm.gz

It's like I somehow deleted everything in the grub directory.

And sure enough!

root@ttyp2[grub]# chroot /mnt/hda5
[root@Knoppix /]# grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
/mnt/hda5/boot/grub/stage1: Not found.
[root@Knoppix /]#

No wonder it couldn't find Stage 1, it no longer exists! How on earth did we do that?

I went to go look at the grub-install script, and they did something I don't agree with... The script deletes the files in the grub installation directory, before it copies them over. If you give me a minute or two, I can have my web server post the stage files you need (unless you have them elsewhere on your system). I have the same version of grub, so the files will be fine to copy over.

Also, do aYou probably still have them on your system in a share directory. That directory is what pkgdatadir should have been.

Oh yes, please post them on your webserver.

And by the way, if we resolve this I will post ANYTHING you want on my webserver from now until eternity.

I 'touch'ed /dev/hda5, so we've gotten rid of that weird 1998 reference:

root@ttyp1[knoppix]# ls -l /dev | grep "hda5"
brw------- 1 root root 3, 5 Jan 28 02:11 hda5

I assume this is what you mean:

root@ttyp1[mnt]# ls /mnt/hda5/usr/share/grub
i386-redhat

So, how should I repatch, rerun grub-install?

PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! I think:

After applying the new and updated patch:

root@ttyp2[/]# /mnt/hda5/sbin/grub-install --recheck --root-directory=/mnt/hda5 /dev/hda
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /mnt/hda5/boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda