Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install (patch works)

2008-02-08 Thread George Lengel
I have looked at this problem deeply, and I think the following changes would be required: - A variable to specify where grub.cfg and modules are present. Currently, we have it only for a prefix without a drive. So grub_root_drive or something must be added. It could be added to kern/i386/pc/st

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-03 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
On Sunday 03 February 2008 17:53, Yoshinori K. Okuji wrote: > On Sunday 03 February 2008 16:18, Robert Millan wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:47:17AM -0500, George Lengel wrote: > > > Dear Robert, > > > > > > I now get a 0x80 at the top of the screen just before the rescue mode > > > line. Th

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-03 Thread Yoshinori K. Okuji
On Sunday 03 February 2008 16:18, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:47:17AM -0500, George Lengel wrote: > > Dear Robert, > > > > I now get a 0x80 at the top of the screen just before the rescue mode > > line. This indicates I am using my compiled version and also confirms > > your s

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-03 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:47:17AM -0500, George Lengel wrote: > > Dear Robert, > > I now get a 0x80 at the top of the screen just before the rescue mode > line. This indicates I am using my compiled version and also confirms > your suspicion about the BIOS, right? > > > > >What version of GRU

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-03 Thread George Lengel
Robert Millan wrote: On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:44:35PM -0500, George Lengel wrote: Robert Millan wrote: Sounds like grub_boot_drive not having the right info. It works when received via multiboot, but not from boot.img. Does the attached patch fix your problem? Just a guess ...

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-03 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:44:35PM -0500, George Lengel wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > > > > > >Sounds like grub_boot_drive not having the right info. It works when > >received > >via multiboot, but not from boot.img. > > > >Does the attached patch fix your problem? Just a guess ... > > > >

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-02 Thread George Lengel
Robert Millan wrote: Sounds like grub_boot_drive not having the right info. It works when received via multiboot, but not from boot.img. Does the attached patch fix your problem? Just a guess ... Hello, Thanks for the try. It did not appear to make a difference, though I cannot rule o

Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-02 Thread Robert Millan
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 04:41:06PM -0500, George Lengel wrote: > When I reboot I get thrown into rescue mode and typing set shows > grub>prefix= (hd0,7)/boot/grub > grub>root=hd0,7 > > If I manually set root to (hd2,7) and prefix to (hd2,7)/boot/grub I can > insmod normal and then running normal

root seems to be incorrectly set after install

2008-02-02 Thread George Lengel
Hello, I have a problem with my grub2 installation. I am using the latest Debian package (1.95+20080128-1)and I could properly boot using the chainloader method suggested during the initial installation (grub-legacy still in MBR and it calls grub2), but when I decided to place grub2 in the MB