I'm a GRUB newbie and I tried to install it in a disk's MBR with success.

Now I want to install it in partition boot-sector because I need the original MBR not overwrote.

I tried with Linux RecueCD using following commands



and it seems to install itself [however "fat_stage1_5" failed occurs, although that file is in "boot/grub" root folder (with "stage1" and "stage2" files too)]: "gldr" is in the root directory and "menu.lst" (existing in "boot\grub") content is as following (really the same of previous working install)



Then GRUB prompt appears at boot (like the working previous install in MBR), but system does not do... and the prompt reappears without boot.


Any suggestion will be greatly appreciated.



EDIT (Addenda)

I hope this is the right forum's place for thread.

Furthermore I wonder if is needed a specific file system in order to GRUB working (I tried FAT, FAT32 with the same results... and NTFS is not recognized) and if it's needed a minimum partition size.

Rather than installing GRUB I think you want to install GRUB4DOS to which there is a guide posted here: Grub4dos Guide/Tutorial

hth

Ed_P, thank you very much (for your quick reply too): I'll read that topic with attention... and it seems to me really a GREAT tutorial!