[ale] Grub install hanging

[Harper Ennis]

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 19:03 -0500, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
> 
> I have a test machine that has multiple boot partitions.  I prefer to
> use grub to manage it.
> 
> I installed Win2003 on it recently and that blew away grub.
> 
> I'm used to that and simply boot from CD into rescue mode and run
> "grub-install /dev/hda3" where hda3 is my main SUSE 10.0 partition.
> 
> For some reason, grub (called by grub-install script) is freezing.
> 
I think that starting grub and not grub install will clear this up.

try
#grub --no-floppy

 the --no-floppy should stop the hang. I have had problems with
grub-install myself.

from the grub prompt type

root (hd0,2)

setup (hd0)

that should install it for ya, be Sure to check grub.conf to make sure
its set to boot windows.

> kill -9 brings it back to life, but I really want to do the grub-install
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks
> --
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
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