Hi,
i am using mandrake and windows xp .i have problem with lilo . when i try to install grub on /dev/hda have the problem
#grub-install /dev/hda
/dev/ram3 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive....
please help me.....

Check your /boot/grub/device.map for any ram3 device and remove it if found.

- Peder

sir there is no file in the /boot/grub/ directory .......
then what should i do?

Do you have the various "stage" files and menu.lst in /boot/grub?
Check your /etc/fstab for any reference to ram3 and comment that line if found.

You can try installing grub the manual way:
Enter 'grub' to get the grub> prompt
Enter 'root (hdx,y)' where x and y are the same as in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file. You should get a "Filesystem type is..." response.
Enter 'find /boot/grub/stage1' or 'find /grub/stage1' if you have a separate /boot partition. You should get a "(hdx,y)" response.
Enter 'setup (hd0)' to write grub to your MBR.
Enter quit

- Peder

yes i have the 3 files menu.lst stage1 and stage 2 .
i use the rescue cd and enter to the console and then
open the menu.lst file it has "hda0,0" type so
#grub
grub>root (hd0,0)
your file system type is vfat and partition type is 0*b
grub>setup (hda0)
checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists ..............no
checking if "/grub/stage1 exists .................no
error 15: file not found

and the /etc/fstab file has one line about the /dev/ram3 that is .........

/dev/ram3 ext2 defaults 1 1

these are the errors .......then how to solve...

See other post... http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=286486

okay sir i done what u said but the same problem will occur
chroot /mnt
grub>setup (hd0,0)
same problem....
grub>setup (hd0)
same problem ......

and then i run the lilo it said

warning : "/proc/partitions/ does not exits disk scan bypassed

and shows the options...
is there any relation between these two.....?

sir sorry............the response for
find /boot/grub/stage1

is (hd0,6)
but my menu.lst file having (hd0,0)

I think you're confusing the menu.lst of the CD and the one on your HD. If the menu-line you're talking about
has a "ramdisk_size=...." entry, then it's the CD's.

If not, that's one major problem, since (in that case) grub tries to load the kernel from your windows partition.

Have you tried the "Re-install bootloader" entry on the rescue CD and specified /dev/hda (as your other post mentioned)?

Also, before you ran 'chroot /mnt' did you run 'mount /dev/hda7' ?
If so, and to make sure everything's OK, you can do a 'ls /home' . You should see your home dir.
If the chroot hasn't worked, you're still on the CD and should get a "No such file..." error.

- Peder