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  From: <davidn@rebel.net.au>
  To  : Graham Smith <linuxsalist@sonicresolutions.com>
  Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:26:14 +1030 (CST)

Re: /boot/grub/stage2 file changes magically.. very weird! (LONGpost!)

Graham Smith <linuxsalist@sonicresolutions.com> wrote:
> Hmm I gave this a try but it looks like the raw parition is unavailable.  I
> just end up with:
> 
> /dev/hda1/grub/stage2: Not a directory

The raw partitions are not directories, they are simply streams of bytes.
Thus, "cmp /dev/hda1 /dev/hdc1".  Note that you'll need to replace /dev/hda1
and /dev/hdc1 with whatever is appropriate for your installation.

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