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bug #17929: [docs] broken instructions for making boot floppy

Submitted by:  Ken Brooks <sparklight>
Submitted on:  Fri 06 Oct 2006 03:26:54 PM UTC  
 
Category: InstallationSeverity: Major
Priority: 5 - NormalItem Group: None
Status: FixedPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOriginator Name: Ken Brooks
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 0.95
Release: otherReproducibility: Every Time
Planned Release: None

Sat 19 Dec 2009 08:59:11 PM UTC, comment #2:

This is removed from grub2 docs.

Vladimir Serbinenko <phcoder>
Project Administrator
Sat 15 Dec 2007 09:29:03 PM UTC, comment #1:

Use GRUB 2 (grub-mkrescue command) for creating floppies.

In the meantime, having this in the docs is missleading. I think we should remove it.

Robert Millan <robertmh>
Project Administrator
Fri 06 Oct 2006 03:26:54 PM UTC, original submission:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html#Creating-a-GRUB-boot-floppy tells this story:

# cd /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc
# dd if=stage1 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
# dd if=stage2 of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 seek=1
153+1 records in
153+1 records out
#

Mine acts just like that, except it reports 202+1 records in and out. However, at boot time:

"GRUB Loading stage2.Read Error"
and then the system hangs.

Tried on 3 different disks, including one freshly low-level formatted and verified; thus I do not believe it is a genuine error on the disk.

The following URL also does not work:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.html#q4
It describes a sequence of events involving grub's setup command.
At boot time:

"GRUB GRUB "
and the system hangs.

These are 1440 size diskettes, ext2 formatted where appropriate.

MY HARDWARE:
MSI Neo Platinum, nforce 3 motherboard
BIOS self-identified as:
Phoenix - Award Workstation BIOS v6.00PG
W7030NMS V2.1 111005 09:36:51
floppy drive: D395M3D (has been working normally)

Ken Brooks <sparklight>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Sat 19 Dec 2009 08:59:11 PM UTCphcoderReleaseNone=>other
      StatusNone=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sat 15 Dec 2007 09:30:35 PM UTCrobertmhOpen/ClosedClosed=>Open
    Sat 15 Dec 2007 09:29:03 PM UTCrobertmhOpen/ClosedOpen=>Closed
      SummaryManual instructions for making boot floppy do not work=>[docs] broken instructions for making boot floppy

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