From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 21 16:21:15 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 A78C016A4DE for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:21:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout3.cac.washington.edu (mxout3.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1722243D69 for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:21:15 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout3.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k7LGLEJB009064 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:21:14 -0700 X-Auth-Received: from [128.208.5.99] (nilakantha.cs.washington.edu [128.208.5.99]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.03) with ESMTP id k7LGLEVS005865 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:21:14 -0700 Message-ID: <44E9DD78.9070800@u.washington.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:21:12 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20060821142824.2453.qmail@web83106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060821142824.2453.qmail@web83106.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.0.264296, Antispam-Engine: 2.4.0.264935, Antispam-Data: 2006.8.21.85942 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_MEDIA_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' Subject: Re: GRUB Problems with Dell Optiplex GX1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:21:15 -0000 backyard wrote: > I'm having problems installing GRUB on my Dell > Optiplex GX1 pentium3 500 BIOS A10. I'm setting this > server up for a friend and not having GRUB isn't the > biggest deal; I just wanted to have a nice > inappropriate boot image when they turn it on... > > It will boot from a floppy, but installing it to the > hard drive seems to corrupt the root filesystem. It > claims to install fine and during boot will load > grub_stage1.5 from the disk, but instead of loading > stage2 it begins to boot the system, but the console > font has become completely corrupted, and I'm not > certain if anything else has. It will boot, and > appears to function but the font is messed up. > > Has anyone else had issues with the particular Dell > and GRUB? I've never had problems with GRUB before > this machine. I'm at a loss, any help would be > appreciated. It would be nice to get GRUB on this > thing, but if I can't oh well. > > -brian > FreeBSD folks tend not to use Grub, but some of us do use it as opposed to FreeBSD's bootmanager. Please post the steps you use to install grub and the output those steps give you, and your grub.conf. -Garrett