From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from josephine.discordia.ch ([193.246.253.137]) by pentafluge.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17Nyng-0005Tq-00 for ; Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:40:48 +0100 Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 18:40:42 +0200 From: Peter Keel To: g_friend@etang.com Cc: linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: How to Clean bad Grubfirmware off DOC? Message-ID: <20020628164042.GA5930@discordia.ch> References: <3D1ADE5D.01401@webmta2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3D1ADE5D.01401@webmta2> Sender: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org Errors-To: linux-mtd-admin@lists.infradead.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux MTD discussion mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: How funny. I did the same and now have the same problem. * on the Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 05:43:57PM +0800, g_friend@etang.com wrote: > I have put a grub_firmware on my doc2000. It can drop me grub console > mode but it cannot find any filesystem ,even filesystem on my harddisk. > I have tried to use root(dc0,0) ,root(hd0,0),root(hd0,1)etc ,but it > had no effect. It find nothing yet. I even tried to load a kernel by giving grub the blocks to boot it from, but no success so far. It can read the partition-table, but not the filesystem. > Then I face a serious situation.----How can I save my DOC ? > How can I clean the bad grub off my doc? > Before I put grub_firmware onto my DOC, I can boot from my harddisk , > floppy with DOC in place.However, after that , with DOC in place ,I > even cannot boot from my floppy . It always give me grub boot. Ok. I havent tried booting from floppy so far, but this tells me I don't even have to try. > If I pull out it from my board , the system boot from my hard disk > or floppy as usually. Nice to know. Peter -- Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. -- Benjamin Franklin