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| Rob Baxter 2004-01-23, 4:54 pm |
| Hi,
I am unable to install grub on my gnu-linux (debian) system. The
current bootloader is lilo, but I would much prefer grub. I am able
to 'enter' grub, that is, get to the "grub>" prompt, however, I
receive the following error when I attempt the "setup (hd0)" command:
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
Error 15: File not found
What is 'stage1'? What kind of file is it? How do I create it?
Thanks in advance as always,
Rob
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| Bill Marcum 2004-01-23, 4:54 pm |
| On 23 Nov 2003 16:34:58 -0800, Rob Baxter
<rbaxter@cyence.com> wrote:quote:
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to install grub on my gnu-linux (debian) system. The
> current bootloader is lilo, but I would much prefer grub. I am able
> to 'enter' grub, that is, get to the "grub>" prompt, however, I
> receive the following error when I attempt the "setup (hd0)" command:
>
> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
> Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
>
> Error 15: File not found
>
> What is 'stage1'? What kind of file is it? How do I create it?
> Thanks in advance as always,
>
apt-get install grub-doc
apt-get install info ; # if it isn't already installed
info grub
(summary: you can install the grub bootloader with "grub", but
"grub-install" is recommended.)
I'm not sure why grub and grub-doc are separate packages, probably
because of the GNU "Free" Documentation License.
--
You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.
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| Jerry Peters 2004-01-23, 4:54 pm |
| Rob Baxter <rbaxter@cyence.com> wrote:quote:
> Hi,
>
> I am unable to install grub on my gnu-linux (debian) system. The
> current bootloader is lilo, but I would much prefer grub. I am able
> to 'enter' grub, that is, get to the "grub>" prompt, however, I
> receive the following error when I attempt the "setup (hd0)" command:
>
> Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
> Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
>
> Error 15: File not found
>
> What is 'stage1'? What kind of file is it? How do I create it?
> Thanks in advance as always,
>
> Rob
You need to have a basic set of files in /boot/grub:
~$ ls /boot/grub
device.map ffs_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 stage2
e2fs_stage1_5 help reiserfs_stage1_5 vstafs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5 menu.lst stage1
You need at least stage1 & stage2 along with menu.lst which is the
configuration file.
Jerry
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