Re: NT + XFS, newbie

[Susumu Takuwa]

>>>>> On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:15:24 -0300
        Maur禸io writes:

M> 1) The manual says I need to get stage1 and stage2 and use dd to create the
M> floppy. Do I need the stage1_5 for XFS? Where should I use it, and where
M> should I insert it in the floppy?

You don't have to transfer stage1.5 when you create a grub
disk. stage1.5 can recognize various filesystems but stage1
__cannot__. That is, stage1 load stage2 by sector address
and stage1.5 do it as file(name).

For example, you have stage* in /boot and already boot Linux
by grub. When you execute following command,

# cp /boot/stage2 /tmp ; rm /boot/stage2
# mv /tmp/stage2 /boot

stage2 is in /boot before and after those command but sector
address of stage2 have been changed. 

If stage1.5 is not installed just after MBR, stage1 in MBR
cannot load stage2. If stage1.5 is installed, stage2 can be
loaded by stage1.5 after stage1 load stage1.5. You might
understand that reason.

Do you think sector address of stage2 in grub disk will be
changed?

M> 2) When I do setup (hd0), what is going to be transfered to my disk?

stage1 will be transferred to MBR and stage1.5 to right after
MBR.

   1     2     3     4     5     6  sector
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
| MBR |
+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----
 stage1    stage1.5
 
When you execute setup command, look the message on your
console carefully.


        Susumu Takuwa