Re: [Bug-grub] Problems creating GRUB Floppy

[Jason Thomas]

what version of grub?

On Thu, Feb 28, 2002 at 09:27:20AM +0100, Treutwein; Bernhard wrote:
> I tried several times to create a GRUB floppy as it is explained in the 
> GRUB Manual in Section 3.1:
> 
> From the current cvs I created the floppy after doing the
> ./configure ; make 
> with the following commands:
> 
>       # dd if=stage1/stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
>       1+0 records in
>       1+0 records out
>       # dd if=stage2/stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
>       188+1 records in
>       188+1 records out
>       #
> 
> but this floppy does not boot into GRUBs command mode.
> 
> I successfully created a VFAT GRUB floppy by copying 
> stage1/stage1, stage2/stage2, and stage2/*1_5 to 
> (fd0)/boot/grub and using an installed (older) GRUB 
> with 
> 
>       root (fd0)
>       setup (fd0)
> 
> What am I doing wrong ? Or is there a subtle bug in
> the default stage1 or stage2 files (I have the 
> impression but cannot prove it that the floppy
> immediately redirects to/chainloads the GRUB installed 
> on (hd0,0)