[gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems on old proliant

2018-03-22 Thread mad.scientist.at.large
sorry, it was silly of me to try to install one grub on top of another.  managed to foul up grub, putting secondary os back in so i can do it right.  hopefully i can just update grub manually. mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politici

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-31 Thread Jeff Cranmer
, 2006 12:13 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems > >On Sunday 29 October 2006 20:11, Joe Menola wrote: >> On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:56 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote: >> > >Try running grub, then at the grub command line:

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Richard Fish
On 10/29/06, Jeff Cranmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, since the real ordering of the drives during the boot cycle is /dev/hda (the DVD drive) then /dev/sda, does that mean that the correct sequence is (hd0) /dev/dvdrw (hd1) /dev/sda (hd2) /dev/hde (hd3) /dev/hdh, Nope. /dev/dvdrw isn't

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Joe Menola
On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:56 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > >Try running grub, then at the grub command line: > >>root (hd2,5) > >>setup /dev/sda > >>quit > > > >-jm > > When I run setup /dev/sda, I get the error > "Error 11: Unrecognised device string" Try setup "(hd2)"...also I think the root comma

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
I am trying to bring up a new Linux unit (my old desktop died on Thursday). My hardware is an ASUS M2NPV-VM motherboard, running an Athlon X2 3800+ Dual core processor. I have a serial ATA 250GB hard drive which I am attempting to install my OS into. The hard drive maps in the bios to SATA4, an

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Joe Menola
On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:22 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote: > Update. > > After a little bit of surfing, I tried the command grub-install --recheck > /dev/sda That changed the device map file so that the /dev/sda drive mapped > to hd2 > > The full /boot/grub/device.map listing is now > (fd0)   /dev/fd0

[gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems

2006-10-29 Thread Jeff Cranmer
Update. After a little bit of surfing, I tried the command grub-install --recheck /dev/sda That changed the device map file so that the /dev/sda drive mapped to hd2 The full /boot/grub/device.map listing is now (fd0) /dev/fd0 (hd0) /dev/hde (hd1) /dev/hdh (hd2) /dev/sda I edited the grub.c