... > > However, I was unable to use this flash stick to > boot an Athlon X2 > > machine. Its MBR was read--and the GRUB options > were shown on the > > screen. But when I selected an option (e.g., the > rc3), the machine > > would go into the restart mode, and the GRUB screen > would be shown > > again. This process can be repeated again and > again. It seems that > > the bootloader was not able to read the kernel from > the flash stick. > > > > Also I noticed that with the Athlon X2 machine > (which is about two > > years old), the os08.05-installed flash stick was > NOT treated as a > > removable disc. Instead, I had to move its boot > priority up in the > > __hard drive__ category in order for it to be > recognized by the POST > > process. This contrasts with the C2D notebook, > which recognizes the > > flash stick as a removable medium. > > First off, please get a real mail client that doesn't > send huge lines. > Thankfully Thunderbird has re-wrap that handles > quotations. > > Your problem is almost certainly that your boot > device order differs, > probably due to thw BIOS differences you mention. Go > to the grub command > line, and do a "find /platform/i86pc/multiboot". Pay > attention to the > hd(n,m) it prints (I hope!) and edit your boot entry > to match. Once > you're up in multi-user, add a new boot entry to > /boot/grub/menu.lst for > your alternate device numbering. > > FYI, this is a generic x86 grub problem - Linux > behaves the same way. > > -- > Carson > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discu > ss
Thanks for the reply. For some reason, it took __several__ days for your reply to appear in the Jive forum--and, as a result, I almost missed it. It's always too late now (past 10 pm Hawaii time). I will try your suggestion this weekend. Regarding the "HUGE" lines, I have received similar complaints in the past but I really don't have any idea what's going on. If I use Thunderbird, it would create a new thread every time I post a reply. And when viewed from the Jive web forum, it would look like I was forking and graffitiing the entire place--making me look extremely stupid. If, OTOH, I use the Jive reply button, as you and many others have pointed out, my reply may continue on a huge, never-ending long line. I run os 08.05 and I use FF2&3. Nothing exorbitant. Everything looks perfectly normal to me. The Jive forum has a reply button, and I really don't see why it should cause any problem. (B/c of the large volume of mails, I prefer exclusively using the Jive forum to communicate.) on this aspect (& probably only on this aspect), the Jive forum is the most stupid forum on this planet AFAIC. I understand there are legitimate reasons why this is so bad, but to those who are not aware of what's going on (perhaps more than 99% of the forum participants), the Jive forum looks inexcusably stupid. Thanks again for your kind help, & please be sure that my rants are not against you. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
