Re: [gentoo-user] grub hell

[maxim wexler]

> I am not sure if you have tried this or not, but
> when you map one drive to
> another {say: map (hd0) (hd1)}, you also need to map
> the second drive to the
> first, instead of leaving it hanging.  So, the
> complete entry becomes:
>
> map (hd0) (hd1)
> map (hd1) (hd0)
>
> If this doesn't work you may want to try the hide
> command.  Hide all the other
> bootable partitions but the one you intend to boot:
>
> unhide (hd1,0)
> hide (hd1,0)
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)
> map (hd0) (hd1)  <--These two may or may not be
> map (hd1) (hd0)  <--needed with un/hide command
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> It is also a good idea to only have the bootable
> flag set with fdisk on the
> WinXP partition (Linux /boot doesn't need it
> anyway).
>
> Finally, you could also try changing the device map
> from  (hd1) /dev/hdc to
> (hd2) /dev/hdc.
>
> HTH.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>
Thanks for the suggestions, I tried them all, but none
of them worked.

Every attempt at tab completion results in:

Possible disks are: fd0 fd1 fd2 fd3 fd4 fd5 fd6 fd7
hd0

hd1 just doesn't appear(don't know what all those
floppies is about). Any attempt to use it, whether by
tab completion or by just entering it at the prompt,
results in Error 21: Selected disk does not exist.

I know the drive is OK cause it boots when the boot
order in the BIOS starts with the first drive.

I think I'll try that old hack where you dd the boot
sector to a floppy and copy it to C:\ in Windows. Then
you write a .bat file? Details kinda hazy...

-mw


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