Re: [bug #17929] Manual instructions for making boot floppy do not work

[Uwe Dippel]

Ken Brooks wrote:

> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy
> tells this story:
>
>     # cd /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc
>     # dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
>     1+0 records in
>     1+0 records out
>     # dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
>     153+1 records in
>     153+1 records out
>     #
>
> Mine acts just like that, except it reports 202+1 records in and out. 
>  
That's normal. The manual is not redone whenever the size changes.

> However, at boot time:
>
> "GRUB Loading stage2.Read Error"
> and then the system hangs.
>  
This is *not* normal.
We all do as what you did and it works.

> Tried on 3 different disks, including one freshly low-level formatted and
> verified; thus I do not believe it is a genuine error on the disk.
>  
Either it *is* the disk or the hardware.
May I suggest to take that disk and plug it into a few other machines ? 
(It doesn't do any more damage than that you have to reboot)
If it boots nowhere, it's your disk (or your sources in /usr/lib/grub/ 
are not in good order).
If it does boot elsewhere, it's your hardware.

Keep us updated, please,

Uwe