On (23/06/03 11:22), Kent West wrote: > Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:22:38 -0500 > From: Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: tray open or drive not ready > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > debian users <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I've been trying to install grub on my hard drive (which is /dev/hdc in > Linux-land), and not having any success. > > I've booted into the Hurd, and run "grub-install", but that just gives > me a usage summary. > > So I've tried "grub-install /dev/hdc", which reports that /dev/hdc is > not found or not a block device. > > So I've tried "grub-install /dev/hd0 which complains about hd0 having a > tray open or drive not ready, and that /dev/hd0 does not have any > corresponding BIOS drive. I may be "barking up the wrong tree" but hdc = hd2. ie 1st drive is hda/hd0; 2nd is hdb/hd1; 3rd is hdc/hd2
HTH Clive > > So I cd'd into /dev, and ran "./MAKEDEV hd0", which does not generate > any errors, but then when I do a "ls -l hd*" I get: > > hd0 : tray open or drive not ready > hd0 : tray open or drive not ready > hd0 : tray open or drive not ready > hd0 : tray open or drive not ready > brw-r----- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 17 08:07 hd0 > brw-r----- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 17 08:07 hd1 > brw-r----- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 17 08:06 hd2 > brw-r----- 1 root root 0, 0 May 29 09:07 hd2s1 > brw-r----- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 18 06:50 hd2s3 > brw-r----- 1 root root 0, 0 Jun 17 08:08 hd3 > > > Can anyone shed any light on why I'm getting these "tray open..." > messages, or why grub doesn't seem to want to install? I've also tried > installing grub from the grub boot floppy by typing, at the grub> prompt: > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd) > which generates four or five lines of output, and it _looks_ to me like > it installed properly, but when I try to boot off the hard drive, it > just hangs before ever getting to a "Loading stage1" or similar message, > usually forcing me to cycle the power to reset the computer. > > Just for kicks, I booted off a MS-DOS 6.22 floppy and ran "fdisk /mbr", > and then tried to install grub again from the grub floppy, but the same > thing happened. > > Thanks! > > -- > Kent > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]