Re: [Bug-grub] Re: GRUB hangs

[grenoml]

Well, maybe not.  I went and checked another RH8 box using GRUB and it
has the same word 'floppy' in its stage1 file also.  This is a really
strange problem.  Does anyone know enough about grub internals as to
what makes it look at the floppy instead of the hard drive?  Is there
any more info that I could provide?

Gerry

--- grenoml <address@hidden> wrote:
> Jason,
>   Ok, I overwrote the mbr on hde and then booted in rescue mode and
> ran
> grub-install /dev/hde.  Checked it with dd to make sure it put it
> there
> and then tried to reboot.  No good - same thing, GRUB appears and I
> see
> the floppy trying to be accessed and then it hangs.  I'm assuming
> that
> during the GRUB boot that it is running the stage1 file.  If so, if
> you
> look at the bottom of the stage1 dump listing in my first post you
> see
> the word 'floppy' there.  Why is this there and how did grub get it
> there?  I think this is what is messing things up.
> 
> Thanks,
> Gerry
>  
> --- Jason Thomas <address@hidden> wrote:
> > If you have a win9x floppy handy with fdisk boot it and run 'fdisk
> > /mbr'
> > 
> > This will rewrite your mbr (which i think is screwed up somehow).
> > 
> > Then boot linux using your rescue disk, and reinstall grub using
> > 'grub-install /dev/hde'
> > 
> > When you restored your machine from backup to the new hard drive
> you
> > should not have restored the mbr. The drive is almost always going
> to
> > be
> > different to your previous drive so you need to use the
> grub-install
> > to
> > install grub. as file will be in a different location on the hard
> > drive.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 01:12:07PM -0800, grenoml wrote:
> > > Some more info.  I'm noticing that right as the GRUB message
> > appears
> > > that the system is trying to read from the floppy drive even
> though
> > > there is no floppy in the drive and the hard drive light never
> > lights. 
> > > I compared this to another linux system using GRUB and the system
> > boots
> > > without trying to access the floppy.  It only accesses the hard
> > drive. 
> > > Now the question is why is it doing this?
> 
> 
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