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Re: [Bug-grub] Re: GRUB hangs
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grenoml |
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Re: [Bug-grub] Re: GRUB hangs |
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Tue, 25 Feb 2003 18:02:41 -0800 (PST) |
Well, maybe not. I went and checked another RH8 box using GRUB and it
has the same word 'floppy' in its stage1 file also. This is a really
strange problem. Does anyone know enough about grub internals as to
what makes it look at the floppy instead of the hard drive? Is there
any more info that I could provide?
Gerry
--- grenoml <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jason,
> Ok, I overwrote the mbr on hde and then booted in rescue mode and
> ran
> grub-install /dev/hde. Checked it with dd to make sure it put it
> there
> and then tried to reboot. No good - same thing, GRUB appears and I
> see
> the floppy trying to be accessed and then it hangs. I'm assuming
> that
> during the GRUB boot that it is running the stage1 file. If so, if
> you
> look at the bottom of the stage1 dump listing in my first post you
> see
> the word 'floppy' there. Why is this there and how did grub get it
> there? I think this is what is messing things up.
>
> Thanks,
> Gerry
>
> --- Jason Thomas <address@hidden> wrote:
> > If you have a win9x floppy handy with fdisk boot it and run 'fdisk
> > /mbr'
> >
> > This will rewrite your mbr (which i think is screwed up somehow).
> >
> > Then boot linux using your rescue disk, and reinstall grub using
> > 'grub-install /dev/hde'
> >
> > When you restored your machine from backup to the new hard drive
> you
> > should not have restored the mbr. The drive is almost always going
> to
> > be
> > different to your previous drive so you need to use the
> grub-install
> > to
> > install grub. as file will be in a different location on the hard
> > drive.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:12:07PM -0800, grenoml wrote:
> > > Some more info. I'm noticing that right as the GRUB message
> > appears
> > > that the system is trying to read from the floppy drive even
> though
> > > there is no floppy in the drive and the hard drive light never
> > lights.
> > > I compared this to another linux system using GRUB and the system
> > boots
> > > without trying to access the floppy. It only accesses the hard
> > drive.
> > > Now the question is why is it doing this?
>
>
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Re: GRUB hangs, grenoml, 2003/02/25