"geometry (fd0)" command

[Jeff Sheinberg]

Hi,

I am reporting some difficulty I had using the "geometry (fd0)"
command.

Using the "geometry (fd0)" command under the grub shell, I get the
following output,

        GRUB  version 0.5.97  (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)

     [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported.  For the first
       word, TAB lists possible command completions.  Anywhere
       else TAB lists the possible completions of a
       device/filename. ]

    grub> geometry (fd0)
    drive 0x0: C/H/S = 80/2/18, The number of sectors = 2880, /dev/fd0

    Error 25: Disk read error
     Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x4f

    Error 22: No such partition

while under the stand-alone grub, I get this similar output,

    grub> geometry (fd0)
    drive 0x0: C/H/S = 80/2/18, The number of sectors = 2880, CHS

    Error 18: Selected cylinder exceeds maximum supported by BIOS
     Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x4f

    Error 22: No such partition

It seems that grub is expecting to find an (hd0)-like partition
table on (fd0), which of course doesn't have one.

Thanks,
-- 
Jeff Sheinberg  <address@hidden>