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GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB GRUB	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:04:56
I used dd to take a working master boot record from the only HD of pc1 and used dd to restore it to pc2. Here are the exact commands I used: Backup : dd if=/dev/hda of=/mnt/sda1/drive.mbr bs=512 count=1 Restore: dd if=/mnt/sda1/drive.mbr of=/dev/hda bs=1 On the original PC, GRUB starts normally. But on the one I restored the MBR to, the string "GRUB " is printed to the screen in an infinite loop (well, so it appears). Could someone tell me what could possibly be causing this? And how to fix it? I have two theories: 1. The HD of the original pc is 40 GB and the HD of the second pc is 80 GB. Except for that, they're identical, but it might just be the problem. 2. After restoring the MBR, I also use Partition Image to restore hda1. Maybe that messes something up? What do you think? Thanks in advance!
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Partition Image might be the culprit (n/t)	by Stuka	2006-09-07 07:18:43
It might. And that would be bad.	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:24:53
Grub doesn't like dd for some reason.	by Sharku	2006-09-07 07:18:56
But it has to be done automatically.	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:22:28
I think GRUB uses more than one sector	by ttlogic	2006-09-07 07:45:23
Interesting.	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:53:29
Yes you can	by ttlogic	2006-09-07 08:15:28
Hm.. If bs = block size,	by Michiel	2006-09-07 08:34:02
Man page for dd : bs= block size	by SciSSorS	2006-09-07 09:12:11
Flexibility	by ttlogic	2006-09-07 09:17:14
And I will. Tomorrow.	by Michiel	2006-09-07 10:47:48
FS drivers and such are in /boot/grub/ (n/t)	by Sharku	2006-09-07 08:16:19
Try using a livecd to chroot and run grub-install	by imrambi	2006-09-07 07:20:41
See my other reply. (n/t)	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:22:56
Left field answer	by imrambi	2006-11-19 12:55:59
I've seen that, but	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:50:14
Extra information (and an extra problem)	by Michiel	2006-09-07 07:45:02
One quick (Hopefully obvious) comment	by sazzer	2006-09-07 09:34:05
The target HD is empty. :)	by Michiel	2006-09-07 10:45:34
IIRC Grub is a multistasge bootloader	by chrisbee	2006-09-07 19:38:12

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