From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 1 20:58:59 2002 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 B4B7D37B400 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 20:58:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: from moutvdomng0.schlund.de (moutvdomng0.kundenserver.de [195.20.224.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C19D243E09 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 2002 20:58:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from root@pukruppa.de) Received: from [172.19.20.62] (helo=mrvdomng1.kundenserver.de) by moutvdomng0.schlund.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 17PEoR-0007pu-00; Tue, 02 Jul 2002 05:58:47 +0200 Received: from [217.80.199.159] (helo=pD950C79F.dip.t-dialin.net) by mrvdomng1.kundenserver.de with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #2) id 17PEoR-0001Ot-00; Tue, 02 Jul 2002 05:58:47 +0200 Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 05:58:42 +0000 (GMT) From: Peter Ulrich Kruppa To: "Henning, Brian" Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: grub experts In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20020702055205.U20112-100000@small.pukruppa.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hello Brian! On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Henning, Brian wrote: > Hello- > I know this isn't a question for the this mailing list, i have tried this > grub mailing list and did not get a response. > > I am trying to install grub into the mbr of my hard drive from a floppy > without installing the menu. Here are the step I am taking to do so. In > freebsd I created a grub boot floppy. Then I created another floppy You don't need a second floppy. Your floppies don't have to be formatted. You just # dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1 and then # dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1 and your boot-floppy is ready. After rebooting you have to type something like grub> root (hd0,1,a) or whereever your bsd root partition is grub> kernel /boot/loader grub> boot More information about grub you get by # info grub more information about info you get by # info info Regards, Uli. > (formated ufs) and copied the stage1 and stage2 files onto it. I boot the > machine with the grub boot floppy and then i insert the floppy with the > stage1 and 2 files on it. > I then type the command: > find /boot/grub/stage1 > (fd0) > find /boot/grub/stage2 > (fd0) > > then i type: > root (fd0) > install=/boot/grub/stage1 d (hd0) /boot/grub/stage2 0x8000 p > (works fine) > > I removed the floppy and reboot, but get the error : > > GRUB read error > > Can someone point out what I am doing wrong? I have been looking through the > docs and it seems like i am doing everything correctly. > thanks, > Brian > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > *-----------------------------------* * Peter Ulrich Kruppa * * - Wuppertal - * * Germany * *-----------------------------------* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message