Hi folks, I have rerun the test below twice with the following solution and learned something interesting. It is possible to enter e2fs_stage1_5 and use menu.lst by using the following method. As it works now it is not possible to install GRUB in the hd0 with stage1, stage2, e2fs_stage1_5 and menu.lst all at the same time. First run the GRUB install with stage1, stage2 and menu.lst in the /boot/grub/ partitition from the boot floppy containing stage1 and stage2. The install will verify that stage1, stage2 and menu.lst have been installed in /grub/ (remember I am using a 10Meg partition for a boot partition so it is recognized by GRUB as the root (hd0,5)in this case rather than as /boot/). Then reboot and the boot screen appears. Boot into the OS containing your GRUB program. Copy e2fs_stage1_5 into the /boot/grub/ directory. In the next step you need to reboot with the GRUB floppy in place or as I do with a section of menu.lst that allows you to reinstall GRUB from the boot screen. A copy of that section of menu.lst is given below: # for installing the GRUB bootloader in the MBR title=Install the GRUB bootloader in the MBR(DANGEROUS) pause=Esc to exit, Enter to continue... root=(hd0,5) setup (hd0) You will recieve verification from the program that stage1, stage2 and e2fs_stage1_5 have been installed. On reboot the boot screen appears even though there was no verification that it was indeed installed in the previous step. Jim -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Franklin Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 12:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GRUB problem installing menu.lst when e2fs_stage1_5 is present Hi folks, I was installing GRUB 0.5.96.1 on my new setup. This is a couple of 30 Gig IDE hard drives. The main debian GNU/Linux OS that I am installing GRUB from is located in the first 1024 cylinders so that is not a consideration. I have a boot floppy with stage1 and stage2 on it. The installation is from a /boot partition ~10M in size. Since I am installing from a /boot partition, when installing with setup (hd0) GRUB recognizes /grub/stage1, /grub/e2fs_stage1_5, and /grub/stage2 and ends by telling me that installation succeeded. Reboot and the grub prompt returns rather than the boot screen. Reboot again and the grub prompt returns again rather than the boot screen. To check that the error is repeatable I reinstalled grub using the same procedure above. Rebooting twice I received the same results as above again. I manually booted into the main debian GNU/Linux OS and removed e2fs_stage1_5 from /boot/grub/. I rebooted and reinstalled GRUB with the above procedure. Installing with setup (hd0) GRUB recognizes /grub/stage1, and /grub/stage2 and ends by telling me that installation succeeded. On reboot the boot screen appears and I can boot into any of the OSes I wish. Has anyone come up against this problem as well? Could someone forward a copy of this to the grub mail list for me as I am not currently a member of that mail list. Jim _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
