In the past I have used a CD-RW as a bootable grub with a grub.conf and
eltorito stage 2 as a quick rescue if for some reason couldn't boot the
system but I know all else was ok. However, after upgrading to a system
with the CD ROM on a SATA port, discovered that even tho you could boot
the grub CD-RW, all you get is the grub> prompt. Trying the disk in a
system with an EIDE CD-ROM drive, the CD-RW still worked fine. So,
stuck an USB CD-ROM drive on the SATA system and, voila, works well
(after telling bios that the USB CD drive was a boot device vice the
SATA CD drive).
So, since the upstream grub folks are focused on grub 2, would the
Fedora grub maintainer look kindly on a low priority bz on this? Given
the workaround, maybe just waiting for grub 2 is the best approach? Or,
even better, is there a quick fix that could be applied?
(I know I could use a rescue CD, but just can't stand having something
not work that should "just work.")
Thanks, and kind regards,
Old Fart
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