Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4 grub-install problem

2013-09-21 Thread Geoff Swan
On 21/09/2013 12:48 AM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Geoff Swan wrote: >> I recently proceeded with the LFS-7.4 build, using a FC16 bootstrap >> host, which built nicely all the way to the grub-install part in chapter >> 8.4. >> >> The FC16 bootstrap OS is on sda an

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4 grub-install problem

2013-09-20 Thread hans kaper
Op Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:48:17 +0200 schreef Bruce Dubbs : > Geoff Swan wrote: >> I recently proceeded with the LFS-7.4 build, using a FC16 bootstrap >> host, which built nicely all the way to the grub-install part in chapter >> 8.4. >> >> The FC16 bootstrap OS is o

Re: [lfs-support] LFS-7.4 grub-install problem

2013-09-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Geoff Swan wrote: > I recently proceeded with the LFS-7.4 build, using a FC16 bootstrap > host, which built nicely all the way to the grub-install part in chapter > 8.4. > > The FC16 bootstrap OS is on sda and the new LFS build is on sdb, so > eventually sda can be removed and

[lfs-support] LFS-7.4 grub-install problem

2013-09-19 Thread Geoff Swan
I recently proceeded with the LFS-7.4 build, using a FC16 bootstrap host, which built nicely all the way to the grub-install part in chapter 8.4. The FC16 bootstrap OS is on sda and the new LFS build is on sdb, so eventually sda can be removed and replaced with the LFS drive. I have mounted the

Re: Grub install tesing

2011-03-29 Thread piper.guy1
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > piper.guy1 wrote: > >> Respectfully I don't agree. I still maintain the instructions in this >> section are confusing. >> >> If you read the quote it definitely says to get out of the chrooted >> environment, and then to re-enter it. There's no

Re: Grub install tesing

2011-03-27 Thread Bruce Dubbs
piper.guy1 wrote: > Respectfully I don't agree. I still maintain the instructions in this > section are confusing. > > If you read the quote it definitely says to get out of the chrooted > environment, and then to re-enter it. There's nothing that says to perform > the subsequent reboot and grub

Re: Grub install tesing

2011-03-27 Thread piper.guy1
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 2:43 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > piper.guy1 wrote: >> Is it me or is the first paragraph in section 8.4.3 in LFS-6.7 badly worded? >> >> It sounds to me it's suggesting how to add the new LFS-6.7 >> installation to the existing GRUB simply by exiting the chroot >> environment

Re: Grub install tesing

2011-03-20 Thread Bruce Dubbs
piper.guy1 wrote: > Is it me or is the first paragraph in section 8.4.3 in LFS-6.7 badly worded? > > It sounds to me it's suggesting how to add the new LFS-6.7 > installation to the existing GRUB simply by exiting the chroot > environment and then going back into the chroot environment. > > "To a

Grub install tesing

2011-03-20 Thread piper.guy1
Is it me or is the first paragraph in section 8.4.3 in LFS-6.7 badly worded? It sounds to me it's suggesting how to add the new LFS-6.7 installation to the existing GRUB simply by exiting the chroot environment and then going back into the chroot environment. "To accomplish this, you will need to

Re: AW: AW: Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-18 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Michael Vahl wrote: > After a step-by-step execution of grub-install, I determined that the script > grub-mkconfig_lib in /usr/lib/grub/ (line 35 of grub-install) doesn't have > the appropriate filemode (changed to 755). What were the permissions? They should be 644. A sourced

AW: AW: Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-18 Thread Michael Vahl
Michael Vahl wrote: >>> Michael Vahl wrote: >>> Hey y'all, >>> >>> i've recently passed all prior steps of chapter 8.4.2 (LFS 6.6). But now, >>> without any error messages, I'm not able to execute "grub-install >>> --

Re: AW: Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-17 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Michael Vahl wrote: >>> Michael Vahl wrote: >>> Hey y'all, >>> >>> i've recently passed all prior steps of chapter 8.4.2 (LFS 6.6). But now, >>> without any error messages, I'm not able to execute "grub-install >>> --

Re: Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-17 Thread linux fan
On 6/17/10, Michael Vahl wrote: > Any other suggestions? Without knowing anything, maybe outputs would give somebody a clue: ls -ld /boot/grub grep sda /etc/fstab sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sda date sudo /usr/sbin/grub-mkdevicemap ls -l /boot/grub/device.map : ... date should almost match d

AW: Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-17 Thread Michael Vahl
>>Michael Vahl wrote: >> Hey y'all, >> >> i've recently passed all prior steps of chapter 8.4.2 (LFS 6.6). But now, >> without any error messages, I'm not able to execute "grub-install >> --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda". grub-insta

Re: Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-16 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Michael Vahl wrote: > Hey y'all, > > i've recently passed all prior steps of chapter 8.4.2 (LFS 6.6). But now, > without any error messages, I'm not able to execute "grub-install > --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda". grub-install can be found and sda is t

Cannot execute grub-install

2010-06-16 Thread Michael Vahl
Hey y'all, i've recently passed all prior steps of chapter 8.4.2 (LFS 6.6). But now, without any error messages, I'm not able to execute "grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda". grub-install can be found and sda is the system's hdd but the system doesn&

Re: grub-install

2010-05-18 Thread Yan Mo
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Yan Mo wrote: > > Hi, got past the previous issue by using a newer machine. > > > > Now have got upto section 8.4.2 in the LFS-BOOK-6.6 > > > > After entering: > > > > grub-install --grub-

Re: grub-install

2010-05-15 Thread stosss
On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > On 15 May 2010 22:09, Yan Mo wrote: > >> After doing a searchs of the Linux From Scratch website, I noticed that this >> section of the book changes frequently. Should I try one of the previous >> ways of doing this? I'm concerned I may not be

Re: grub-install

2010-05-15 Thread Ken Moffat
On 15 May 2010 22:09, Yan Mo wrote: > After doing a searchs of the Linux From Scratch website, I noticed that this > section of the book changes frequently. Should I try one of the previous > ways of doing this? I'm concerned I may not be able to reboot my computer if > I just try things... I re

Re: grub-install

2010-05-15 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Yan Mo wrote: > Hi, got past the previous issue by using a newer machine. > > Now have got upto section 8.4.2 in the LFS-BOOK-6.6 > > After entering: > > grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda > > It gives the messages: > > grub-probe: error: ca

grub-install

2010-05-15 Thread Yan Mo
Hi, got past the previous issue by using a newer machine. Now have got upto section 8.4.2 in the LFS-BOOK-6.6 After entering: grub-install --grub-setup=/bin/true /dev/sda It gives the messages: grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for /boot/grub. No path or device is specified

cant boot LFS because of GRUB install wrong (newbie)

2006-03-17 Thread JiMi VO
hi all!... im using FC3 as HOST in chapter 8.4 when i was trying to make the LFS System Bootable: i do as in the book but when come to set up i use setup (hd0,6) because at that time i thought i was using a 3rd party boot manager but then i realise im using GRUB thus when i boot up the LFS opt