Re: GRUB autoload image

From: name (user_at_host.domain)
Date: 08/14/04

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    On 2004-08-12, Jim <a@b.com> wrote:
    > In article <pan.2004.08.11.15.18.38.885226@SLACKWARE-3.localnet>,
    > doug@SLACKWARE-3.localnet says...
    >
    >> To fix it, be careful, but I recommend truncating
    >> that directory path. How about moving out of the way:
    >>
    >> mv /boot/boot /tmp
    >>
    >> Then, re-run the grub shell to setup.
    >>
    >
    > Doug
    >
    > Thanks for the help. This fixed it. I discovered the "original" source
    > of the problem. When I ran grub-install the first time, I specified:
    >
    > grub-install --root-directory=/boot '(hd0,0)'
    >
    > For some reason I thought I needed to specify the --root-directory
    > switch. After moving /boot/boot out of the way, I reran without the --
    > root switch and everything worked correctly.
    >
    > Thanks for your assistance.
    >
    > Jim

    Read this thread with interest. I've been using Grub for years, mostly with
    Mandrake, but also with Slackware and Debian. The Mandrake partition
    controlled the boot loader. In the past, in order to change the controlling
    installation, I used 'grub-install'. For instance, if I was moving control
    to a newer Mandrake installation on /dev/hda11, I would type "grub-install
    '(hd0,10)'" (trying to cite a command using quotes to delineate it sucks
    when the command ends with a quote!).

    The last time I switched command, this didn't work, and dim bulb here didn't
    think to log the new command that did work. So....

    After reading man, info, and website material on Grub, I'm still confused.
    This is one command I want to get right the first time, because redoing it
    after discovering that it not only didn't work but screwed up the MBR (set
    my system afire, and make demons issue from my nose... nah, that last is
    the result of UB in C. If you don't know the reference, don't ask...lol!!!)

    Anyway, the solution cited in the post to which I'm following up doesn't
    work for me. As I recall, what I did was within the grub shell itself, but
    I can't figure out what that must have been.

    The partition to which I'm switching control has Grub installed in the usual
    place: /boot/grub. I've got a menu.lst ready to slip into place, and I will
    be doing the deed from within that installation (Mdk-10.0).

    What have I forgotten, or what am I missing here?

    Thanks for reading! 

    -- 
Email is wtallman at olypen dot com
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