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Gilberto Martins wrote: |
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> livecd / # cat /boot/grub/grub.conf |
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> default 0 |
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> timeout 0 |
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> #splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> |
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> title Gentoo Linux 2.6.12.gentoo-r10 |
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> root (hd0,0) |
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> kernel /kernel-gentoo-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/hdb3 |
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You say /dev/hdB, and above (hd0,0). Therefore implying that there is no |
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/dev/hdA in the system. Is that correct ? If not, and you do have a |
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hda device, the (hd0,0) is wrong and should probably be (hd1,0). |
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But in that case your BIOS will probably boot from hda anyway so grub |
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will never even be launched in the first place. What lives on hda, |
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windows ? |
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You can trivially check this by running 'grub' and, within grub, say |
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'root (hd0,0)'. It should then reply by saying "Filesystem type is XXX" |
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where XXX is ext2 or ext3 or whatever you used. If it says something |
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like FAT or yields an error (Selected disk does not exist | No such |
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partition) you have the wrong mapping. Trying 'root (hd1,0)' will then |
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be more successful probably. However, your BIOS would still boot hda in |
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most cases, so you had better look into installing grub on /dev/hda (but |
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without breaking whatever lives on hda) |
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If you have no hda, or if hda is the CDrom, it may be prudent to change |
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the cabling so that linux is on the /dev/hda device. Altough it is |
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possible to boot from the slave drive, but it is more straightforward to |
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boot from the master, and you may save yourself some headaches. |
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Maarten |
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