Grub: Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no

Wishmaster

Hello,

when I try to install grub the following message appears:

m33sb3w · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:04 pm Post subject:

Not 100% sure here, but I seem to remember reading about this once...

Try making a link named boot in the /boot directory that points to that directory.

Wishmaster · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:14 pm Post subject:

Allthough I don't understand the command, I tried it. But no change. Sorry.

I think you mean the link "boot" in the directory "/boot" that aims at "/boot" is that right? This link already there.

Do you have another idea? It would be great! :-)

Bye,
Wishmaster

m33sb3w · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:29 pm Post subject:

Man, I'm a bit out of it today...I read it again and saw that grub said it suceeded...have you tried the rest of the setup and then tried rebooting? I don't know why it wouldn't find the /boot/grub/stage1, but it still found stage1 under just /grub/stage1

Wishmaster · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject:

Yes, you are right it suceeded and grub is installed in the mbr. I finished the configuration process and restarted but i only get the grub prompt.

The funny thing is that it works for half a year, so i think my config file is ok and now after an grub update it doesn't work anymore.

I also have reemerge grub and again tried to install but nothing changed.

m33sb3w · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:49 pm Post subject:

There's one more thing I can think of to check...

I believe that grub used to use menu.lst as the config file and that it now uses the file grub.conf in the same directory. The setup of the file is exactly the same...just the name is different. If you had an older version and used menu.lst, try making a link called grub.conf that points to menu.lst.

Eric

Wishmaster · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject:

Ok, i think there is the problem.
Now after the initialisation of the bios a blank screen with a blinking prompt in the upper left appears. But the menu is loaded.
And after 10 seconds the default entry is booted, ( i'm glad that it is gentoo!).

But now: How can i make my menu visible?

Thanks a lot for your help!

m33sb3w · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject:

I found this:

Wishmaster · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 12:14 pm Post subject:

m33sb3w · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 1:44 pm Post subject:

Sorry, but I've run out of ideas. I figure that if grub/stage1 exists in /boot (which it does) and if the boot link in the /boot directory exists (which it does) then the file /boot/grub/stage1 should be found because it's the same file as /boot/boot/grub/stage1 which is the same as /boot/boot/boot/grub/stage1 and so on.

That being said, I don't think that's where your problem lies. Grub just needs to find stage1 and it did. From what I understand, when you invoke the setup command it goes through a list of possible locations until it finds each stage. It didn't find it at /boot/grub/stage1 (though I don't know why) but it did find it at /grub/stage1. I found a couple other places on the net where the grub setup process was demonstrated and the output for the setup command matched yours and it was a perfectly functional install.

I'm also not sure that it's a MBR problem, but not 100% sure. If it boots fine after the default time is up then that means the stage1 in the MBR did it's thing: it activated stage2 (or 1.5). That's the only job of stage1 and it seems it does that job.

There's one more thing that just may be contributing, but this I know next to nothing about: framebuffering. Did you put framebuffering support into your kernel around the time you updated grub? Like I said, I've never messed with framebuffering, but I know kind of what it is and also that it can cause blank screens if not done properly. Maybe a framebuffer guru can jump in this thread and tell us if that could be the problem or if I'm just blindly stabbing in the dark.

I'll keep this whole thing in the back of my mind today and maybe some other idea will pop up.

Eric

Wishmaster · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 5:21 pm Post subject:

m33sb3w · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 12:43 am Post subject:

Yes, I see you're right about that. Grub wouldn't see the substance of the kernel at the point where you are having your problem. I don't know what else it could be. I'll try looking around the internet and I'll also try different things with grub on my computer.

And don't worry about your english--it's fine. I have no trouble understanding you.

Eric

SIR · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 4:47 pm Post subject:

I too, am getting the same problem, maybe I can add some new ideas.

When I run setup (hd0) from the grub prompt, I get the exact same message as above:

SIR · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 4:57 pm Post subject:

SIR · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2003 5:08 pm Post subject:

Does this mean anything?

Here's some output at my grub prompt:

cyrillic · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 3:26 am Post subject:

Wishmaster · Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject:

SIR · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 3:44 pm Post subject:

beandog · Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2003 12:05 am Post subject:

SIR · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 2:14 pm Post subject:

Wishmaster · Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2003 3:32 pm Post subject: