[ale] Failing GRUB

[Rich Faulkner]

GRUB2 == yes

Not a fan (so far) but use it still.  Still used to GRUB (0.97) from my
Fedora days.  Now driving 11.04 (in this case on my Acer
Travelmate)....also on HP xw4600.  

RinL


On Fri, 2012-03-16 at 13:06 -0400, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:

> Problem "solved"!
> 
> It turns out that on occasion GRUB does not like YaST (SuSE's
> administration tool). I had copied the "menu.lst" from IDE's
> /boot/grub to iso/boot/grub, hook, line and sinker. This file had a
> lot of YaST stuff in it. Removing that produced a bootable cd for my
> hp laptop.
> 
> I am still puzzled by the fact that on my regular PC this YaST stuff
> did not cause a problem
> when making a bootable cd, same OS, same procedure.
> 
> Thanks for the responses. Is anybody out there using GRUB2?
> 
> Cor
> 
> 
> On 3/15/12, Ted W <ted at techmachine.net> wrote:
> > This post on the openSUSE forums might have some clues, I skimmed most of it
> > due to the thread length but I got the impression you may find it (at least
> > somewhat) useful:
> > http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/install-boot-login/468058-grub-error-25-during-installation.html
> >
> > --
> > Ted W. < Ted at Techmachine.net >
> > Registered GNU/Linux user #413569
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mar 14, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >> I was trying to make a bootable cd for my laptop with GRUB. I get a
> >> persistent "disk read
> >> error 25", whatever I do. The editable Grub does not get me anywhere
> >> either, I end up with the same error every time.
> >>
> >> The Grub on the harddrive works flawless.The same Grub with the same
> >> OS (suse 12.1)
> >> on my main PC works flawless, and makes a bootable cd the first time
> >> around.
> >>
> >> I followed the exact same procedure (from "info grub") for both the PC
> >> and the laptop, why does it fail on the laptop?
> >>
> >> Where does Grub get it's information, from the BIOS? or some internal
> >> function? Could stage2_eltorito be flaky?  Most FAQ's and forums on
> >> the net are ancient, closed
> >> or irrelevant.
> >>
> >> Any pointers will be appreciated, because I am lost.
> >>
> >> Cor
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