Grub problem

**kendrew** · 03-13-2003, 09:53 AM

I installed successfully Knoppix on harddisk with Lilo booting.

But then when I try to install Grub, there are problems:

Code:

knoppix:~$ grub-install /dev/hda
Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.

I look at the script /sbin/grub-install and it seems that it is due to 'df'. I already did a "ln -sf /proc/mounts /etc/mtab" and df's output is:

Code:

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                 5067968   2056284   2754244  43% /
/dev/root              5067968   2056284   2754244  43% /

Still it doesn't work

Any idea?

**Robert Michel** · 03-13-2003, 05:32 PM

Salve kendrew!

"]I installed successfully Knoppix on harddisk with Lilo booting.

But then when I try to install Grub, there are problems:

Code:

knoppix:~$ grub-install /dev/hda
Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.

My idea is that grub-install will maybe write to /boot. Do you have
a writable /boot directory?
I haven't used knx-hdinstall or grub yet, so sorry to haven't more
ideas than this link http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/#documentation
wich I will use to learn grub.
Greetings,
rob

**kendrew** · 03-14-2003, 04:39 AM

thx rob

I figured out the problem: shouldn't use grub-install, just use grub instead.
grub-install tries to detect the harddisk, partition, but doesn't do it well.

rgds,
kendrew