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From: maxim wexler <blissfix@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:41:22
Message-Id: 20051124163137.15366.qmail@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com
1 Hello everybody,
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3 I've setup grub on /dev/sda2 of a new SATA HD, listed
4 in dmesg as /dev/sda. The other HDs are /dev/hda,
5 which does present boot duty and /dev/hdb, containing
6 / etc.
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8 Before moving files from /dev/hdb, which apparently
9 has an un-fixable boot sector, to /dev/sda, I'd like
10 to be able to boot using the SATA drive then ditch
11 /dev/hda.
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13 I note grub doesn't like root(sd0,1), returns "Error
14 23: Error while parsing number".
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16 But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken.
17
18 -mw
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Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive Glenn Enright <elinar@×××××××.nz>
Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive Petr Kocmid <Petr.Kocmid@××××××××××××××××.org>