Re: GRUB install issue w/1.4_rc1

MANY thanks to both Henti and Fam.  (Also an Honorable Mention to Mark
Basil.) It DOES appear to be partition-type related.  The install docs say
grub can deal with /boot being a ReiserFS filesystem, but it looks like grub
really only wants ext2.  Unfortunately, due to a Windows crash I had to wipe
out all my work.  (Probably advisable anyway to make sure I start on a good
base and take the lessons I learned from the first time around.)  In the
next couple days I'll start again and, in the immortal words of Bullwinkle
the Moose, "This time for sure!" ;^D

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henti Smith" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 8:10 AM
Subject: Re: [gentoo-newbies] GRUB install issue w/1.4_rc1


> On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 13:40:49 +0200
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Make shure you have set the partition type.
> > I had this problem also, but after I had set the partition type to Linux
in 'cfdisk' (but should also be possible to do with 'fdisk') Grub installed
perfectly.
>
> the prblem here is more related to the drive placement ..
>
> As he mentioned ..
>
> hda -> windows drive disconnected
> hdb -> Linux drive with gentoo
>
> Using (hd0,0) with grub is not going to work at all since he's trying to
install grub to the disconnected hda1 drive containing windows.
> He should be using (hd1,0) to install grub to the linux drive on hdb1
>
> Since he's at the grub/lilo stage  he's already fdisked and install the
whole machine .. so I doubt it will be partition type related
>
> Henti Smith
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