Hi, platform is a debian linux based installation on intel hardware. grub version is `grub (GNU GRUB 0.5.96.1)'. invoking `grub-install /dev/fd0' shows the following output: > root@chappell:/root 11 # grub-install /dev/fd0 > Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time. > /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: -e: command not found > /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: -e: command not found > expr: non-numeric argument > /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: -e: command not found > /usr/local/sbin/grub-install: -e: command not found > > GRUB version 0.5.96.1 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory) > [...] the shell in use is `GNU bash, version 2.03.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)'. 1) the `-e: command not found' comes from multiline sed arguments. a possible fix would be: --- util/grub-install.in-dist Mon Oct 16 16:42:36 2000 +++ util/grub-install.in Sun Nov 5 13:30:31 2000 @@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ # Break the device name into the disk part and the partition part. case "$host_os" in linux*) - tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%\([sh]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%' + tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%\([sh]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%' \ -e 's%/part[0-9]*$%/disc%'` - tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' + tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' \ -e 's%.*/\(disc\|part\([0-9]*\)\)$%\2%'` ;; gnu*) 2) the `expr: non-numeric argument' seems to happen when the /dev/fd0 should be convert()'ed. the output running this with sh -x shows: > [...] > ++ tmp_part=/dev/fd0 > grep -v '^#' $device_map | grep "$tmp_disk *$" | sed 's%.*\(([hf]d[0-9][a-g0-9,]*)\).*%\1%' > +++ grep -v '^#' /boot/grub/device.map > +++ grep '/dev/fd0 *$' > +++ sed 's%.*\(([hf]d[0-9][a-g0-9,]*)\).*%\1%' > ++ tmp_drive=(fd0) > ++ test 'x(fd0)' = x > ++ test x/dev/fd0 '!=' x > ++ echo '(fd0)' > expr $tmp_part - 1 > +++ expr /dev/fd0 - 1 > expr: non-numeric argument > ++ sed 's%)$%,)%' > + install_drive=(fd0,) > + test 'x(fd0,)' = x maybe this diff shows a way to fix this without breaking conversion of disk devices by adding another case for fdx: --- util/grub-install.in-dist Mon Oct 16 16:42:36 2000 +++ util/grub-install.in Sun Nov 5 14:18:11 2000 @@ -76,9 +76,11 @@ # Break the device name into the disk part and the partition part. case "$host_os" in linux*) - tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%\([sh]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%' + tmp_disk=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%\([sh]d[a-z]\)[0-9]*$%\1%' \ + -e 's%.*/\(fd[0-9]*\)$%\1%' \ -e 's%/part[0-9]*$%/disc%'` - tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' + tmp_part=`echo "$1" | sed -e 's%.*/[sh]d[a-z]\([0-9]*\)$%\1%' \ + -e 's%.*/fd[0-9]*$%%' \ -e 's%.*/\(disc\|part\([0-9]*\)\)$%\2%'` ;; gnu*) please note, this seems to work for /dev/fd0 on linux, but is untested for other cases and therefore only a guess. another fix would be removing /dev/fd0 as possible argument to grub-install forcing the user to pass '(fd0)' as argument :-) anyway, thanks in advance, Erik _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub