<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10pt; color: #000099'><span></span>Hi again,<br><blockquote id="DWT155" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>[...]<br>> but for some reason grub is not completely installed or configured. <br>> <br>> so, what am i doing wrong? <br>> <br><br>The example config scripts of FAI to install grub make use of a disk_var.sh file<br>as generated by setup-storage. As you don't use setup-storage, you will have to<br>create this file yourself. If you use grub2, all you will need is the<br>BOOT_DEVICE variable, which must hold the device name where grub is to be<br>installed.<br><br></blockquote>OK, thanks, what parameters should i stick in there? I thought my bootdevice should be /dev/cciss/c0d0p1, but grub refuses to complete (GRUB-PC/10-setup says so )<br>so, I echoed "BOOT_DEVICE=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1" to that disk_var.sh script. <br><br>after setup finished I switch to another console and try to re-do the grub tricks from GRUB-PC/10-setup...<br>chroot /target grub-install --no-floppy "(hd0,msdos1)" failed with:<br>/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attemting to install GRUB to a partition instead of the MBR. This is a BAD idea..<br>/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is dicouraged..<br>/usr/sbin/grub-setup: error: if you really want blocklists, use --force.<br><br><br>also tried to put it in /dev/ccisss/c0d0 but that fails with "Your embedding area is unusually smal./ core.img won't fit on it... <br><br>thanks for any more help.<br><br>alex<br><br><br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Best,<br>Michael<br><br></blockquote><br></div></body></html>