In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > I have /boot on /dev/hda1 and root on /dev/hda5
> Grub when installed and booted gives the following: > > GRUB Loading Stage 1.5 > GRUB Loading, please wait... > Error 2 (and that's as far as it gets) > > Error 2 means " Bad file or directory type > This error is returned if a file requested is not a regular file, but > something like a symbolic link, directory, or FIFO. " > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > [The details - I installed GRUB in accordance with > /usr/share/doc/grub/README.Debian - > > 1. grub-install --root-directory=boot /dev/hda > > 2. Ran update-grub > > 3. Checked /boot/boot/grub/menu.lst and didn't need to change a thing - the > significant lines (leaving out all the comments) are: > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.2.20-idepci > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci root=/dev/hda1 ro > savedefault > > In /boot I have (amongst other files left over from lilo) > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 224124 Jun 21 23:05 > System.map-2.2.20-idepci > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3888 Jun 21 23:05 config-2.2.20-idepci > -rw------- 1 root root 17408 Jun 21 23:50 map > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 665509 Jun 21 23:05 vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci > > In /boot/boot/grub I have (put there by grub-install) *all* the stage1_5 > flavours, including > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 60 Jun 21 23:06 device.map > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7904 Jun 22 00:10 e2fs_stage1_5 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2392 Jun 22 00:10 menu.lst > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jun 22 00:10 stage1 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 95712 Jun 22 00:10 stage2 > > > None of those look like symlinks to me. Have I got root set right in > menu.lst, as /dev/hda1? Should it be /dev/hda5? Seems unlikely to be the > cause > since the boot menu or 'booting in 5 seconds' message never comes up and I > wouldn't expect that root setting to take effect until after the menu.. > > Chris I tried using grub at home this morning and see that I was wrong in what I posted about using /boot/vmlinuz-xx. So I'm going to post what I have here that is working. I have a separate /boot partition. I have the same files that you have above and they are the same size except my device.map is a tad smaller. These files are, however, all in /boot/grub and not in /boot/boot/grub. I already had them installed and can't tell you how I did it for sure. I was playing with grub a long time ago when I was trying out the HURD. Anyway, I think the person who suggested moving the files to /boot/grub was correct. Here are the sections of menu.lst and fstab that pertain: -------menu.lst-------- title Win4Lin root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-win4lin-2.4.20 root=/dev/hdb5 ro savedefault ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST -------etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. /dev/hdb5 / ext2 defaults 0 1 /dev/hda2 /boot ext2 defaults 0 0 I put a floppy in and ran 'grub-install /dev/fd0' and the floppy then booted me into linux. So as far as I can tell, the changes to be made on this initial posting should be 1. put the grub stuff in /boot/grub 2. change the kernel line so that it says root=/dev/hda5 And my guess is that you have already tried this. I guess I would try installing it on a floppy after making sure those two things are in place. Also be sure that the kernel line does not have the /boot in front of the kernel. I looked at 'info grub' and there was next to no information on Troubleshooting Stage 1.5. There were error messages for Stages 1 and 2. I apologize for the wrong information earlier. Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
