First i'd like to point out that I wrote two lines wrong in my previous mail. These lines:
> root (hdc,0)
> setup (hdc)
were actually:
root (hd2,0)
setup (hd2)
Now, the solution. Running:
setup --force-lba (hd2,0)
Worked.
I do not understand why, as every documentation I have read states that the compact flash should be dealt with in CHS mode. The BIOS is set to use CHS, Linux uses raw CHS values, and so I would assume that is how grub should treat it!
If anyone can enlighten me on this, it'd be much appreciated.
Cheers, MAL
MAL wrote:
I have a system with three hard disks, (hda, hdb and hdd), and a 128MB compact flash disk, (hdc), with C/H/S 978/8/32, (detected as that by both the BIOS and the kernel).
Using linux kernel 2.4.22, booting from hdd, I created a type 0x83 partition on the compact flash, using the full size of the disk. I then formatted it with ext2, copied a minimal linux system to it, chrooted to the partition, and ran grub.
I issed the commands:
root (hdc,0) setup (hdc)
Which executed ok, (grub.conf and the relevant stages are in /boot/grub).
However when I boot the compact flash by selecting hdd2 in the BIOS, (being the third disk), I simply get 'GRUB GRUB' printed to the screen, and no more.
I tried booting the hard disk with the kernel parameter 'hdc=flash', then chrooting to the flash and installing grub, but this doesn't help.
I have had grub running fine on this same compact flash in this same motherboard, with a different linux kernel/system utils/grub version, (0.92 I think), before.
Can anyone point out what's going wrong?
Cheers, MAL
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