[ug-bosug] grubinstall error

[Shreekanth L]

That did install grub back into the MBR. I've booted into solaris now.
Even the man page example said /dev/rdsk. I missed that :-)

Thanks a lot folks.
Shreekanth

-----Original Message-----
From: ug-bosug-bounces at opensolaris.org on behalf of Sriram Popuri
Sent: Sat 9/16/2006 3:52 PM
To: Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group
Subject: Re: [ug-bosug] grubinstall error
 
installgrub accepts raw device.

#installgrub -m stage1 stage2 /de/rdsk/c1d0s0

~Sriram

On 9/16/06, Shreekanth L <Shreekanth_L at mindtree.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a Solaris SNV_33 & Win XP dual boot and recently, I lost my grub
> configuration due to a Win XP reinstall.
> Now, when I boot with the install DVD and enter the single user shell, the
> intalled OS is recognised and mounted read-write on /a.
>
> But, when I do a
> # cd /a/boot
> #/a/sbin/grubinstall -m stage1 stage2 /dev/dsk/c1d0s0
>
> I get the error message:
> c1d0s2 is not a char special device.
>
>
> Couldn't get much info on the net. Could someone help?
>
> TIA,
> shreekanth
>
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