Re: use NetBSD to use grub to boot Linux on USB disk

[MTS Consult <info.mts.consult%gmail.com@localhost>]

Can't help you in this, but one suggestion:

Why dont you look at SYSLINUX?
Its purpose is to boot off a FAT16/FAT32 Partition and just works.


2010/9/2 Jeremy C. Reed <reed%reedmedia.net@localhost>

> I have this:
> sd0 at scsibus0 target 0 lun 0: <SanDisk, Cruzer, 8.02> disk removable
>
> It is format with DOS. I can mount with msdos fine.
>
> I am trying to get it to be bootable. (I will boot a live image where I
> extracted files from an Linux ISO image using vnconfig ...)
>
> I have grub-0.97nb9. I ran:
>
> $ sudo mount /dev/sd0e /mnt
> $ sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sd0
> The file /mnt/grub/stage1 not read correctly.
>
> I do have /mnt/grub/stage1. grub-install copied the files. I think
> problem is that it is looking for "/mnt" but is rooted to /.
>
> I also changed the /mnt/grub/device.map to contain:
> (fd0)   /dev/rsd0d
> (hd0)   /dev/rsd0d
> (hd1)   /dev/rsd0d
>
> But no change.
>
> If I don't use --root-directory, it ends up installing my
> /usr/pkg/lib/grub/i386-/ to my harddisk at /grub. (I do not want to
> touch my harddisk). And it has the same error "The file
> /grub/stage1 not read correctly."
>
> Any ideas?
>



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