Colin Dean wrote: > So, I somehow managed to hose GRUB on /dev/hda1 while attempting to > install it to a flash drive on /dev/sda1. > > After POST, I see > > GRUB GRUB >
This means that the "setup (hd0)" command worked and grub is installed in the MBR of that hard drive, but grub cannot find the the grub directory. Do you have a separate boot partition? > I tried to boot from the LFS CD and redo the grub installation: > > $ grub > grub> root (hd0,0) > grub> setup (hd0) > > but it tells me that it cannot find a file when it is installing the > stage files and /boot/grub/menu.lst. > Did you create a separate boot partition? If so, did you mount it? > When I try: > > $ grub-install --no-floppy /dev/hda1 > > it tells me that /dev/hda1 is a read-only file system, regardless of > whether or not I have it mounted. Is hda an actual hard drive...as in not a CD/DVD drive? hda = primary master in most cases In grub, "hd0" = first hard disk and "hd1" = second hard disk (optical drives are skipped). Also: hd0,0 = first partition on first hard disk hd0,1 = second partition on first hard disk and so on. > Ideas/help/anything welcome. try booting back into the LFS CD, mounting hard drive partitions as needed, and running grub again. Type: root (hd0, and press the tab key. You will see the available partitions. make sure that you select the correct one for your boot partition. HTH. -- Karl Wilbur -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
