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On 8/3/06, Statux <statux@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> So, I guess from here, I too will ask my own question stemming from this |
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> one: How do I get a bootloader (lilo preferably for me) to boot a device |
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> which may not always be in the same place like a SCSI-ish disk? |
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Pay attention to BIOS drive mappings. |
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Boot loaders like grub work based on the BIOS's idea of bootable |
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devices. I haven't used lilo in a few years, but grub references BIOS |
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disks as hd0, hd1, .... So FEX if you have 2 SATA drives connected to |
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SATA ports #1 and #2, you can typically configure the BIOS to boot #1 |
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(hd0 in grub) first, then #2 (hd1). If you reverse the boot order of |
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the drives in the BIOS, then hd0 in grub will be #2, and hd1 will be |
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#1. |
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If you have a BIOS that will boot from a USB hard drive, and configure |
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the BIOS to boot from that first, then hd0 in grub will refer to the |
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USB drive. |
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-Richard |
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