installed lilo - want grub

Forum: HD Install
Topic: installed lilo - want grub
started by: rebooter04

Posted by rebooter04 on Aug. 27 2005,00:50

Hello and thanks to all who helped drag my old computer out of the closet and back into use! I really appreciate the help.

My DSL is a frugal lilo installation and I want to change to a grub loader. Like SU said I downloaded grub.dsl and clicked mydsl button and it installed. When I try to type;

grub-install /dev/hda

I get the following

root@ttyp0[dsl]# grub-install /dev/hda
: Not found or not a block device.

tried same thing under dsl user and got same result.

When I type in grub the program loads and I get a grub> prompt.
Then I try to type;

grub> root (hd0,0)

I get;

Error 21: Selected disk does not exist

checked some docs and tried e2fsck and still same error.

Thanks for a great distro and all your support!

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Aug. 27 2005,03:47

grub-install does not work for DSL. We do not include all the stuff it needs.

You have to do it the old-fashioned way.

I'm going to assume you understand grub's drive notation. If not, read the documentation on the grub website.

Code Sample

grub --batch <<EOF
root (hd0,0)
setup (hd0)
quit
EOF

-J.P.