GRUB Loading stage2Geom Error

[bill at billhorne.homelinux.org (Bill Horne)]

On Sat, May 10, 2003 at 06:09:23PM -0400, Wizard wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Horne
> > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 3:26 PM
> >

> > I'm trying to restore multiple boot to a Dell PowerEdge 600SC
> > after installing W2K Server.

> > I created a GRUB Boot disk as per the GRUB info pages, but when I
> > try to boot with it, I get the error "GRUB loading stage2Geom
> > Error".

> If you installed Win2k AFTER Linux, then you'll have to reinstall
> Linux. For some reason (I can't remember why), Win2k hijacks the
> boot loader from Linux and won't let Linux boot.  
> Grant M.

I guess I'm confused: GRUB isn't related to Windows or the hard disk's
boot sector as far as booting goes: it boots from floppy, and that's 
when I get the problem. 

I can boot into Linux with a boot disk, and I'm confident I could use
LILO to rewrite the boot sector, having done it after installing
Win98, but I'd like to get GRUB going instead.

In other words, I'm not even able to start GRUB in order to rewrite 
the boot sector: whether M$ "hijacks" it somehow is yet to be 
discovered.

Bill