From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 22 10:14:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18EE116A4CE for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:14:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta13-winn.mailhost.ntl.com (smtpout19.mailhost.ntl.com [212.250.162.19]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B728C43D49 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:14:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rasputnik@hellooperator.net) Received: from aamta05-winn.mailhost.ntl.com ([212.250.162.8]) by mta13-winn.mailhost.ntl.com with ESMTP <20050422101441.HHNE8086.mta13-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@aamta05-winn.mailhost.ntl.com> for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:14:41 +0100 Received: from 9.hellooperator.net ([81.103.32.202]) by aamta05-winn.mailhost.ntl.com with ESMTP <20050422101441.ECCE1280.aamta05-winn.mailhost.ntl.com@9.hellooperator.net> for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:14:41 +0100 Received: from [10.4.0.5] (helo=eris.tenfour) by 9.hellooperator.net with esmtp (Exim 4.44) id 1DOvBF-0000Rb-I4 for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:14:39 +0100 Received: from rasputnik by eris.tenfour with local (Exim 4.50 (FreeBSD)) id 1DOvBF-0008b0-5m for freebsd-stable@freebsd.org; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:14:37 +0100 Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:14:37 +0100 From: Dick Davies To: FreeBSD Stable Users Message-ID: <20050422101436.GL73687@eris.tenfour> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: grub on 5.4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Dick Davies List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:14:46 -0000 Am I missing something obvious? The HDD is'nt write protected or anything, the freebsd loader went in fine.... # ls /boot/grub/ device.map fat_stage1_5 iso9660_stage1_5 menu.lst reiserfs_stage1_5 stage2 vstafs_stage1_5 e2fs_stage1_5 ffs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 stage1 ufs2_stage1_5 xfs_stage1_5 # ...... 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> find /boot/loader (hd0,0,a) grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0xa5 grub> root (hd0,0,a) Filesystem type is ufs2, partition type 0xa5 grub> find /boot/grub/stage Possible files are: stage1 stage2 grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,0,a) 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 (hd0,0,a)"... failed (this is not fatal) Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... failed Error 29: Disk write error grub> quit -- 'What have you done to the cat? It looks half-dead.' -- Schroedinger's wife Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns