On Mon, 2006-05-01 at 18:41, Mace Eliason wrote:
I just think this might work
I am using scsi drives so would I use root (sd0) I tried it but it said error while parsing number
I tried root (hd0) and it said filesystem type unknown, using whole disk
I stopped at that point worried I might mess up the whole thing
I have read other links that talk about doing it this way
$ grub
grub> device (hd0) /dev/hdc grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... no Checking if "/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 15 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+15 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done.
do I need the device line first?
If you don't use the device line it will try to figure out how bios will map your drives at boot time - and it will probably get it wrong if you have a mix of scsi and ide. It can't hurt to use: device (hd0) /dev/sda first.