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From: Joe Menola <menola@×××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 19:56:17
Message-Id: 200610291348.37497.menola@sbcglobal.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems by Jeff Cranmer
1 On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:22 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote:
2 > Update.
3 >
4 > After a little bit of surfing, I tried the command grub-install --recheck
5 > /dev/sda That changed the device map file so that the /dev/sda drive mapped
6 > to hd2
7 >
8 > The full /boot/grub/device.map listing is now
9 > (fd0)   /dev/fd0
10 > (hd0)  /dev/hde
11 > (hd1)  /dev/hdh
12 > (hd2)  /dev/sda
13 >
14 > I edited the grub.conf file so that the splash image and root lines
15 > reference (hd2,5), then re-ran grub-install /dev/sda.  Still no joy.  On
16 > boot up, the screen stays blank for a while, then every 10 seconds or so,
17 > it adds another " GRUB" text element to the screen.  No sign of any boot-up
18 > activity.
19
20 Try running grub, then at the grub command line:
21 >root (hd2,5)
22 >setup /dev/sda
23 >quit
24
25 -jm
26
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