Re: trying to install, having grub problems.

Well, the line "root (hd1,)" should read "root (hd1,0)". I don't know if
this helps but try.

  BR / Per-Erik

On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 01:15, Steve White wrote:
> 
> I have run a ground installation of gentoo and the instructions were great!
> :)
> However, one place where they seem to get a little confusing is the grub
> instructions.  I understand the drive numbering convention.  What I want to
> do is to make a boot floppy.  I followed the instructions and did the
> following commands:
> mke2fs /dev/fd0
> mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> mkdir -p /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
> cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
> cp /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2 /mnt/floppy/boot/grub
> 
> grub
> >root (fd0)
> >setup (fd0)
> >quit
> 
> upon reboot I get a grub prompt.  no splash screen, no menu.  I created a
> grub.conf and ln -s it to menu.lst.  my config is as such:
> 
> default 0
> timeout 30
> splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> 
> title=Gentoo Linux
> root (hd1,)
> kernel /boot/bzImage
> 
> title=Windows 2000
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
> 
> What am I missing here?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve W.