installation going well, until installing grub, i get "no such file or directory

[ejames82]

hi it's me again.  installing tinycore on another computer that should be in the landfill.
it's the same model as the last one, a gateway g6-350.  it only had 64mb ram, so i borrowed 256mb from another machine.
i used gparted to prepare the partitions in advance.
it comes up nicely on the desktop.  no glitches or lockups.  i start going through the commands in the tutorial and i'm feeling arrogant.  until i get to the "6. Installing GRUB-copy over grub files".  i put this command in the terminal and enter (i also used sudo):

cp -p /usr/lib/grub/i386-pc/* /mnt/hda1/boot/grub/

cp: can't stat 'usr/lib/grub/i386-pc*': no such file or directory.


instead of me messing things up even more, i thought it would be wise to ask for help from the command-line wizards. 
i should have known better than to be arrogant.
thanks in advance.

[gerald_clark]

You skipped the part where you install the grub extension.

[ejames82]

Hi gerald_clark,

my fault.  i should have installed the "grub-0.97-splash.tcz" and overlooked it.  i thought it was part of the partitioning chores.  since i used gparted, i thought i could bypass that part.  i didn't notice the grub chores.
i went and installed the grub-0.97-splash.tcz and got no error message this time with the command.
i think i ought to keep this thread alive though, in case i have more problems.  though i don't think there will be any.
thanks again. 

[ejames82]

another successful installation.
thanks gerald_clark.
this is one great forum.

[gerald_clark]

You are welcome. Enjoy.

[maro]

As this is not the first time this question has come up (and quite a while ago on my very first attempt I had encountered exactly the same) I wonder whether an additional remark should be included in the respective section.

Maybe changing
    Copy over GRUB files:
to
    Copy over GRUB files (please note that the grub-0.97-splash.tcz will need to be installed as mentioned in step 1):
will prevent new users to run repeatedly into this issue.

[roberts]

Installation Guide http://tinycorelinux.com/install.html#6_Installing_GRUB has been updated.
Thanks for the suggestion.

[ejames82]

thanks gerald_clark, maro, and roberts.

this was clearly my mistake.  nonetheless, i am very pleased to see that a modification was enacted.  there's a great positive energy at this forum.
the overall combination of software and personnel here is impressive.
 

[maro]

Argh, if only I could write half a sentence without stuffing it up: the word "extension" got lost somewhere between my brain and the typed message. So it should have been:
    Copy over GRUB files (please note that the grub-0.97-splash.tcz extension will need to be installed as mentioned in step 1):

Robert, would you please correct my mistake.

[curaga]

Updated.