Colin wrote: >This is really annoying. I just finished a Gentoo install on my >computer and rebooted after installing GRUB with the command >"grub-install --root-directory=/boot /dev/hde" as stated in the >Handbook. Right after GRUB loads the stage1.5 file, the system >reboots. > >
What does /boot/grub/device.map contain? Assuming that it has a line that reads "(hd0) /dev/hde", then everything should be correct. I guess your next step would be to get dirty with grub. Start with the following: # grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 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)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst"... succeeded The command we are looking for is that final 'install' command. We need to run that again, adding a 'd' after stage1: grub> install /grub/stage1 d (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2 /grub/menu.lst grub> quit The 'd' option is a workaround for BIOSs that get confused about which drive is being used to boot. HTH -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
