From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 3 23:45:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DC5816A4F0 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 23:45:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dime54.dizinc.com (dime54.dizinc.com [66.194.239.69]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AFEB43D45 for ; Sat, 3 Jul 2004 23:45:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd@solisix.com) Received: from c-67-172-98-39.client.comcast.net ([67.172.98.39] helo=[192.168.1.13]) by dime54.dizinc.com with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BguC6-0000e3-NA; Sat, 03 Jul 2004 19:45:18 -0400 From: Bruce Hunter To: Geert Hendrickx , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20040703233114.GA2828@lori.mine.nu> References: <1088881267.32068.16.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> <20040703201710.GA2228@lori.mine.nu> <1088890534.32211.3.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> <20040703220234.GA2493@lori.mine.nu> <1088896068.670.1.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> <20040703231832.GA2770@lori.mine.nu> <1088896905.670.4.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> <20040703233114.GA2828@lori.mine.nu> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Solisix Software Message-Id: <1088898290.670.18.camel@solid.solisixoffice.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 19:44:50 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PopBeforeSMTPSenders: bhunter@solisix.com,freebsd@solisix.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - dime54.dizinc.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - solisix.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Grub installation from the ports collection vs. Freebsd boot loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 23:45:27 -0000 Hmm.. I'm root I even tried changing the permissions on /dev/ad0 the device has read and write access.. wierd. Maybe instead of setup (hd0) it should be setup (ad0) But device.map sets the hd0 pointer to /dev/ad0 any other ideas? Bruce On Sat, 2004-07-03 at 19:31, Geert Hendrickx wrote: > Seems as you don't have write permission for /dev/ad0. Did you run grub > as root? > > GH > > On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 07:21:45PM -0400, Bruce Hunter wrote: > > I moved all the files and ran the commands that you said. I am having > > this problem. > > > > GNU GRUB version 0.95 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) > > > > [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB > > lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the > > possible > > completions of a device/filename. ] > > > > grub> root (hd0,1,a) > > Filesystem type is ufs2, partition type 0xa5 > > > > grub> setup (hd0) > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes > > Checking if "/boot/grub/ufs2_stage1_5" exists... yes > > Running "embed /boot/grub/ufs2_stage1_5 (hd0)"... failed (this is not > > fatal) > > Running "embed /boot/grub/ufs2_stage1_5 (hd0,1,a)"... failed (this is > > not fata > > l) > > Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p > > /boot/grub/menu.l > > st "... failed > > > > Error 29: Disk write error > > > > grub> > > > > Bruce > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >