[plug] grub not booting

[Jon L. Miller]

Had a look and it's basically the same thing I'v ebeen doing all night
and today, yet nothing.

JLM
On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 15:53, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
> I thought ide disks numbering started at zero, not 1.  grub in any case
> does start at 0.  I have just done a couple of installs of gentoo where
> you have to get your hands a bit dirtier than with redhat etc, and there
> is a bit of a guide on grub on their install page.  Have a read of
> "www.gentoo.org" (follow the insall link) and see if that offers a clue?
> 
> BillK
> 
> On Sun, 2002-06-09 at 15:37, James Elliott wrote:
> > /dev/hda is always the master disk on EIDE1
> > 
> > /dev/hdb can only become hda if it is on cable EIDE1 and you change the
> > jumper setting on the disk from Slave to Master
> > 
> > Perhaps you should check that with another member, but I am sure that is
> > correct.
> > 
> > James Elliott
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jon L. Miller" <jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au>
> > To: "Plug" <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2002 2:26 PM
> > Subject: [plug] grub not booting
> > 
> > 
> > > Question, if the changes made to the /etc/fstab; /boot/grub/menu.lst
> > > reflects the system on hdb, doesn't that change when the old drive is
> > > removed.  In other words since /dev/hda is removed does this change
> > > /dev/hdb to /dev/hba?
> > >
> > > Also does anyone understand the settings in Grub? this system isn't
> > > rebooting.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> -- 
> Bill Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>
> 
>