----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Beso 
  To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 8:31 AM
  Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Can't install Grub 0.97-r5




  2008/5/7 Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>:

    On Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2008, alain.didierjean@free.fr wrote:
    > I emerged grub's last version. So stage 1, 1.5 & 2 are in /boot/grub
    > allright. But trying to install the new mbr gives:
    > grub> root (hd0,0)
    >  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
    >
    > grub> setup (hd0)
    >  Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no
    >  Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... no
    >
    > Error 15: File not found
    >
    > Of course, /boot/grub/stage1 is there.
    >
    > So I'm stuck with a half installed grub and dare not reboot. I re-emerged
    > the last version to no avail.
    > Any practical advice before I re-emerge previous grub version?


    emmm... I did nothing when I updated grub - and it just worked fine....

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  you have left the old version in use. to fully update grub not only you need to update it via portage but also you should reinstall the bootloader. maybe portage does it itself but i'm not sure about this last affirmation.
  confirm that the last affirmation is true
   
  dott. ing. beso