Re: Suse, bootable USB stick and Grub

Roger wrote:
VWWall wrote:
Does GRUB display its own prompt? Does it report an error?

No, it doesn't display it's prompt. I get an error message "Operating System
is missing" but there's no indication as to whether the message is coming from Grub or the BIOS.

This is a BIOS response if it cannot find an active partition with an OS boot record on it.

Here is an article in .pdf format that may clarify some of the issues involved:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1232/pdf

This shows how to install a complete distro on a USB stick, but the principal to get it to boot GRUB is the same.

I use a floppy with GRUB on it, rather than grub-install. This is similar to the method shown above. On install, grubs needs root (hdn,m), set to where it can find the rest of GRUB. Otherwise, the BIOS thinks there is no operating system. If GRUB finds itself, but the menu.lst is incorrect, it will give its own error message.

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Virg Wall
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