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Date:      Fri, 22 Apr 2005 21:47:39 +0200
From:      Uli Middelberg <uli@middelberg.de>
To:        Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: grub on 5.4
Message-ID:  <426954DB.50409@middelberg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20050422101436.GL73687@eris.tenfour>
References:  <20050422101436.GL73687@eris.tenfour>

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Dick Davies schrieb:
> 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
> 

It will work when you install grub after booting
from floppy disk or CD.

You may create a bootable grub floppy with
$ cd /boot/grub
$ dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
$ dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1

Uli Middelberg
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