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> My guess is that you have incompatible jumper |
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> settings on the back of the |
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> drives. Check these and make sure that they reflect |
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> what the BIOS sees. |
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> Also, check your /boot/grub/device.map for |
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> consistency. Then use tab |
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> completion from the grub prompt to find devices and |
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> bootable partitions. |
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Both drives are set to master which the BIOS confirms. |
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Device map: |
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(fd0) /dev/fd0 |
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(hd0) /dev/hda |
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(hd1) /dev/hdc |
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is consistent. |
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Tab completion at the grub prompt only finds the |
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second drive which it insists on calling the first |
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contrary to device.map. |
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> If the above doesn't get you booting please post |
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> your grub.conf, along with |
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> fdisk -l. |
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grub.conf: |
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#XP |
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title=XP |
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rootnoverify (hd0,0) |
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map (hd1)(hd0) |
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makeactive |
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chainloader +1 |
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boot |
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(I used one 'map' command following Dan Farrell's |
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model but using two made no difference) |
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#Gentoo |
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title=Gentoo |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc3 |
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video=aty128fb:1024x768@76 |
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boot |
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Note: |
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The entry for XP elicits: |
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Error 11 Unrecognized device string |
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no matter how I edit it using the 'e' command in grub. |
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Gentoo will not boot unless grub is told it's on the |
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FIRST drive contrary to device.map anything else and |
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grub reports "disk does not exist" |
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fdisk -l: |
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Disk /dev/hda: 6448 MB, 6448619520 bytes |
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255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 784 cylinders |
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Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id |
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System |
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/dev/hda1 1 783 6289416 7 |
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HPFS/NTFS |
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Disk /dev/hdc: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes |
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176 heads, 63 sectors/track, 21656 cylinders |
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Units = cylinders of 11088 * 512 = 5677056 bytes |
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id |
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System |
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/dev/hdc1 * 1 7 38776+ 83 |
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Linux |
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/dev/hdc2 8 96 493416 82 |
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Linux swap / Solaris |
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/dev/hdc3 97 10666 58600080 83 |
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Linux |
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/dev/hdc4 10667 21656 60928560 83 |
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Linux |
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I've tried toggling the bootable flag on /dev/hda. |
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Didn't work. |
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As I mentioned before attempts to install grub to |
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/dev/hda fail completely forcing a reboot w/Win98 and |
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entering A:\fdisk /mbr after which XP boots but only |
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if the second drive is disabled. Installing to |
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/dev/hdc at least lets me boot gentoo. |
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Both drives pass smartctl tests. |
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grub is version 0.97 |
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Don't know what else to add. |
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-mw |
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