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On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:15 AM, walt <w41ter@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 10/09/2010 12:36 PM, Fatih Tümen wrote: |
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>>> 2. I accidentally ran grub-install /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda |
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> If you still actually have an 'hda' then you should start using the new |
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> disk drivers in the kernel "CONFIG_ATA" section rather than the older |
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> and deprecated "CONFIG_IDE" section. |
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I was happy with the distinction between local and external disk. But |
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thanks for the advice. |
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> That will make all of your /dev/hd* devices become /dev/sd* instead. This |
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> may have nothing to do with your current problem, but it's time to make the |
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> change in any case. (You will need to make appropriate changes in fstab.) |
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>> grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/grub (hd1) |
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>> Error 21: Selected disk does not exist |
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> What choices does grub show you when you type "root (hd" and then hit |
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> TAB? That should list all hard disks that your BIOS knows about. The |
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> list will change, of course, depending on whether your USB disk is plugged |
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> in (and working) or not. (grub always refers to 'hd' and never 'sd', which |
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> I'm sure you already know :) |
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Grub currently know only about hd0, hd1 was what grub called the usb disk. |
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> I'm not using the dreaded 'hardware' word yet, though I'm suspicious. |
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If you heard the noise coming from the drive when plugged in you be |
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more than suspicious I think. |
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> When you tested the drive on the other machine, did you use a different |
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> USB cable? |
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No but I will do, as soon as I find the other cable.But as I just |
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noted, drive makes some noise when plugged in. The noise is similar |
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but less worrying that the one it make first time I ran eix. |
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> Will fdisk read and recognize the partition table on the USB disk? If fdisk |
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> results in disk read errors then I'd begin to think more about 'hardware' :( |
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No "Unable to read /dev/sda" is what fdisk says. I never had a disk |
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(hardware) failure before. Is there no way to extract data from it? |
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Fatih |
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