[ale] Failing GRUB

[Cornelis van Dijk]

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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