Re: [gentoo-dev] GRUB stage1 file not found

["Knut Feiert" <Knut.Feiert@epost.de>]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:56:29 -0700, drobbins@gentoo.org wrote:

>Now that's strange.  It appears that if you use the hosted version of
>GRUB, it doesn't access the filesystem directly but uses blocklists
>instead.  If you repeat the exact same grub commands from your boot
>floppy (hit "c" to get to the command line), it will work.  I may need
>to switch the docs back to the old method of installing GRUB, i.e.
>rebooting with the CD, hitting "c" and typing the commands in.
>
>Let me know if my suggestion works.
>

I tried it but got the same result.
For now I have sidestepped the problem,
by formatting the /boot partition as ext2,
and it works.

If you have some other suggestions for
the Reiserfs I will try them.

Knut