Am 2008-02-01 09:26:59, schrieb Dan H.: > Yes, I figured that. But it ain't easy. There's simply no way I can think of > to make grub install itself on that disk. I have no idea which (hdx,y) to > use. /dev/sda is flatly refused as it is not a "BIOS" disk. Why can't grub > simply install itself on /dev/sda if I tell it to? Can't grub list all disk > partitions in its funny notation so that I can see which one to use? All the > time of course I'm in imminent danger of hosing the bootloader on my > built-in disk.
You should not use ANY drives like /dev/sdXn or such...
You need to use LABEL or ID to load the right partition.
> Anyway, I'm really stumped on the bootloader issue now. Do I have to go back
> to LILO? Don't really want to because all those bootloading issues seem
> extremely fishy to me (because I don't understand them), and I don't want to
> have to mess with different bootloaders.
I am using LILO since GRUB drived me to much crazy...
Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
Michelle Konzack
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