Grub stage1 file error

[Michael Schwendt]

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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 16:10:54 +0300, Ossama Khayaat wrote:

> >   grub-install --debug /dev/hda
> > 
> > You could also try "grub-install --just-copy" and then list the
> > contents of /boot/grub. The stage* files should be there.
> 
> I took the stage1 and stage2 files and put them in the /boot/grub
> directory for nothing happened.

You shouldn't need to do that manually. grub-install would copy
them there.

> Seems like the hard disk (at least this partition) had a problem. The
> reason I say that, is because when I list the partitions (fdisk -l) it
> shows me the partition as Fat16 and not ext3.
>
> I started the PC from the fedora CDs and went through the setup process
> until I got to the partitioning part. There, I can see that the
> partition is an ext3 and not fat16!!

The installer is correct It's partitioning tool is based on "parted",
which examines the file-system content of a partition. On the
contrary, fdisk -l relies on partition system IDs. Apparently, you
created an ext3 file-system on a FAT16 partition. You need to correct
that and use fdisk to set the partiton to type 83 (fdisk, enter 't',
enter partition number, enter 83).

- -- 
Michael, who doesn't reply to top posts and complete quotes anymore.

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