You need to know where /boot is on your system [the hd & partition number]
Boot from floppy, then login as root and run grub *(this is actual output from my system)* <snip> GRUB version 0.92 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> find /boot/grub/menu.lst (hd0,2) grub> root (hd0,2) Filesystem type is xfs, partition type 0x83 grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/xfs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 25 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+25 p (hd0,2)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done. <snip> Run 'setup' for each drive - this is what I have done in numerous circumstances. After your last drive, try rebooting. On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 05:47, SteelHead wrote: > I picked up an old Intel JN440bx based server from ebay. it arrived loaded > with WinNT and booted fine. I put a CDROM on the box and fought a cd boot, > finally giving up and going on to Floppy boot. > > I have installed reinstalled RH 7.2 from retail successfully, as lomg as I > want to boot from a floppy. I tried all options, LILO, GRUB, MBR, sda1 and > only get a live system when booting from a floppy. grr! > > the scsi system is an adaptec 7880 reading as a 1000 array, 2 ibm drives and > an assortment of cdroms (one at a time) > > We cannot seem to get past the boot from floppy point. > > I googled, and noted others have had tsimilar issues, but found no solutions. > > Please help, Bill -- VB programmers ask why no one takes them seriously, it's somewhat akin to a McDonalds manager asking employees why they don't take their 'career' seriously.
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