On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:40:40 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: >> >> Well, that worked. And /etc/fstab is happy with >> >> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3750640AS-5QD4Z81L-part1 /bottom ext3 >> defaults,auto,rw,nodev 0 0 >> >> but /boot/menu/grub is not happy with >> >> title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-amd64 (new) root >> /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3750640AS-5QD4Z81L-part1 kernel >> /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-amd64 >> root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3750640AS-5QD4Z81L-part1 ro initrd >> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-amd64 >> >> Evidently, grub wants a different notation. The manual grup manual >> provides hd and fd notation, but the drives are sd, and, again, how >> would grub know which is which? >> >> > Grub2 or Grub legacy? > > I have that trouble with USB disks, because Legacy wants > > root (x,y) > > hardcoded, none of that "by-id" stuff. > > So I switched to > http://stmaarten.globat.com/~supergrubdisk.org/index.php > > "super grub disk" that allows me to state in menu.lst: > > title 2.6.26-1-686 di install findf /wd80_0jd-60.03 > root $(out_device) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=LABEL=wd80_0jd-60.03 > noapic apm=on vga=791 edd=off ddcon-1 network quiet initrd > /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 boot > > Key is that "findf", that looks for a file on any disk named > "/wd80_0jd-60.03" and uses *that* disk as root. So in your case you > would stick a file named /ata-ST3750640AS-5QD4Z81L-part1 on the disk > labeled by that and SGD would stick the appropriate (x,y) in > "out_device" and away you'd go.
This looks interesting, provided I boot from floppy or CD (Which I can) Should that word "findf" start a new line instead of being part of the "title" command? -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
