[KLUG Members] GRUB question

Mark Kowitz mkowitz at hudsonville.org
Thu Jul 22 15:06:02 EDT 2004


> > > Did you create the diskette with _all_ of the required files?
> > > Including the stage 1_5 files?  Can grub read your filesystem?
> > >
> > The documentation didn't say I needed the stage 1_5 files. . . just if I
> > needed chain-loading.
>
> I thought it was the other way around (you need the 1_5 files for Linux,
> but not Windows).
>
Could be--I'm still trying to learn.
>
> > I think the filesystem is being read.  I get a return
> > after each commmand.
>
> You should be able to start typing the kernel name, and the initrd name,
> and hit TAB and have grub auto-complete the filename.  (just like BASH)
>
I did, and it did.
>
> That's a good way to make sure grub is reading your filesystem, and
> you're spelling the filename correctly.  Give that a try.
>
mk



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