Re: [Bug-grub] Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-10-03 Thread Jason Thomas
no there is an lba option to give grub. from grub-install manpage: --force-lbaforce GRUB to use LBA mode even for a buggy BIOS from grub info docs: *Caution2:* A number of BIOSes don't return a correct LBA support bitmap even if they do have the support. So GRUB provides a solution to

Re: [Bug-grub] Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-10-03 Thread Chris Synan
02 02 02 02 02 02 02 etc. There is alot more google content regarding this error than the GRUB GRUB GRUB error. Unfortunately alot of the talk about this error is way over my head. But there is one message on google groups that has GRUB GRUB GRUB and L 02 02 02... maybe

Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-10-02 Thread Chris Synan
people look at my menu.lst and grub.conf and fstab and fdisk etc.etc. and i think we are in agreement that that stuff is ok now. but still all I get is GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB I am compiling with emerge, it downloads source and compiles it from an .ebuild script, best as i understand it. I have tried

Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-10-02 Thread Titus Winters
grub-install but I can only assume that emerge the gentoo package tool IS. I have had several people look at my menu.lst and grub.conf and fstab and fdisk etc.etc. and i think we are in agreement that that stuff is ok now. but still all I get is GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB I am compiling

Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-10-02 Thread Chris Synan
another piece of info, this may shed some light on the situation: I just installed LILO, and set it up and boot it. This is what I get now, when i boot: L 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 etc. There is alot more google content regarding this error than the GRUB GRUB GRUB error. Unfortunately

Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-10-01 Thread Chris Synan
. When I reboot I don't get the Stage 1.5 message. Instead all I get is GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB

GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-09-25 Thread Chris Synan
Hi, I have just installed Gentoo and Grub. When I reboot I don't get the Stage 1.5 message. Instead all I get is GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB

Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB etc

2002-09-25 Thread Titus Winters
I get is GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB ... well, you get the point. anyway, I

GRUB GRUB GRUB ....

2002-04-11 Thread Kingsly John
Hi! I have been trying to get grub going on my machine for a long time now(since ver 0.5x) ... it works perfectly when I create a grub floppy. But when i install grub to the MBR I only get to see screenfuls of GRUB /dev/hda1 is my /boot and this is what my grub install session looks like...

GRUB GRUB GRUB - that's what it says...

2002-01-21 Thread Christian Hammers
Hi The manual describes all error messages but not what it means when GRUB just says GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB... endlessly. I saw similar reports in the mailinglist but couldn't find a real answer. I setup the harddisk in several ways using grub-install, a boot floppy, and root (hd0,0); setup

Re: GRUB GRUB GRUB - that's what it says...

2002-01-21 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
At Mon, 21 Jan 2002 13:53:16 +0100, Christian Hammers wrote: The manual describes all error messages but not what it means when GRUB just says GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB... endlessly. I saw similar reports in the mailinglist but couldn't find a real answer. That kind of error happens when your

GRUB GRUB GRUB ......

2001-10-01 Thread Kingsly John
Hi! I tried to install grub on my harddisk and I am faced with the word GRUB scrolling all over my screen... It works great of the floppy... and it even boots a kernel from the hard disk! One really weird thing I noticed in the bootsector of my hard disk is that it starts with ëH90lbaLILO

Re: [Bug-grub] GRUB GRUB GRUB ......

2001-10-01 Thread Jason Thomas
make sure you are installing into the boot sector and not one of the partitions. how did you install? what device did you use? On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 08:00:32PM +0530, Kingsly John wrote: Hi! I tried to install grub on my harddisk and I am faced with the word GRUB scrolling all over

Re: [Bug-grub] GRUB GRUB GRUB ......

2001-10-01 Thread Kingsly John
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Jason Thomas wrote: |make sure you are installing into the boot sector and not one of the |partitions. I am installing into the boot sector... there is stuff like GRUB ^@Geom^@Hard Disk^@Read^@ Error towards the end of the bootsector!! but it starts with ëH90lbaLILO^

GRUB GRUB GRUB error...

2001-04-06 Thread Kingsly John
Hi! I have been trying rather unsucessfully to install grub as the bootloader on my machine it works from the floppy.. but when I install it on the mbr it spews out a never ending series of GRUB GRUB on the screen. I had problems with lilo too.. but when I added the line linear to the