I'm reading ¡¶Getting to know GRUB¡·from IBM developerwork.First,I need to make a bootdisk follow the article.OK,I type these command under console as root:

#mke2fs /dev/fd0

#mount /mnt/floppy

#mkdir /mnt/floppy/boot

#mkdir /mnt/floppy/boot

#cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub

#cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub

then I'm type:

#grub

grub>root (fd0)

Now,GRUB tell me it's a FAT disk. Oh,I'm remember I have used "mke2fs /dev/fd0 "command,so that I should have a ext2 filesystem disk.But why GRUB report it's FAT??

following:

grub>setup (fd0)

GRUB report :can't found stage1

Now,would someone tell why????

try using

fdformat /dev/fd0u1440

mkfs -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1440

mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0u1440 /mnt/floppy

ehmm, what's the point of this, anyone wants to share it with me please?, are you trying to boot Linux or what??

I believe the object is to install grub on a boot floppy

to test it

ohhh, okay., cool.