grub directory missing in /boot partition

niyogi

Somewhere down my install, I lost the grub directory (that's suppose to be in the boot partition). I did mount it... dunno where I went wrong

but i think I can backtrack appropriately if someone can tell me which part of the gentoo install dumps the appropriate files into the grub directory in boot.

The reason i'm stuck is when I enter the command in grub "setup (hd0)" it complains file not found

thanks in advance!

-niyogi

delta407 · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 8:36 pm Post subject:

You have to run "root (hd0, :?:

)" before running "setup (hd0)". The root command creates the grub directory.
_________________
I don't believe in witty sigs.

niyogi · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 9:23 pm Post subject:

tried it again but to no avail.

dunno what the deal is. When I run grub though, it does complain about some modprobe error...

so grub dumps stuff into the /boot/grub directory? because right now, there is no grub directory at all

-S

niyogi · Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2002 9:28 pm Post subject:

I should also add that this is the message I receive:

grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/boot/stage1" exists... no

Error 15: File not found.

What is this stage1 it wants? In the meantime, i re-ran bootstrap.sh hoping that this would help.

-niyogi

delta407 · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 12:20 am Post subject:

Hmm... sounds like grub is confused. Are you running this from within the chroot-ed shell?
_________________
I don't believe in witty sigs.

niyogi · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 12:50 am Post subject:

i am running it from the chrooted shell...

i think i'm on the same track as you are... but i still don't know what this stage1 that its looking for?

-S

delta407 · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 12:56 am Post subject:

The Grub stage 1 is the first stage of the boot process, it winds up the the MBR... anyway. Try exiting the chroot-ed shell or switching terminals and see if the grub included on the CD works.
_________________
I don't believe in witty sigs.

rac · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 12:58 am Post subject:

Could it be possible that the grub files got installed into the /boot/grub directory before you mounted /boot, and so now they are masked by the /boot partition? You can manually copy all the files from /usr/share/grub/i386-pc into /boot/grub, and that will include the "stage1" file that it is bleating about, in any case.
_________________
For every higher wall, there is a taller ladder

niyogi · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 1:23 am Post subject:

rac you may be onto something!

i'll report what i find

-S

Guest · Posted: Sun Jul 14, 2002 2:22 am Post subject:

I'm having the same problem:

grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83

grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
Checking if "/boot/stage1" exists... no

Error 15: File not found.

Yet I can do ls /boot/grub and stage1 and other files are all there. Realy has me confused.