Re: Unable to boot - Stuck at "GRUB"

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You can define device swaps in grub.conf with the map command. Check
info grub, the manpages etc. A quick Google gave e.g. this link:
https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/valhalla-list/2002-June/003173.html

Cheers,
Patrick


On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 09:47, Neil Bird wrote:
> Around about 05/01/2003 21:39, Tommy McNeely typed ...
> > [root@cookies root]# grub-install --recheck /dev/sda
> 
>    Hmm.  I had a problem when I first set up grub under RH8 in that I 
> boot my ABit mobo from an ATA66 I/F (IDE 3 of 4).
> 
>    When I boot from CD (to install/rescue), /dev/hda -> (hd0) and my 
> boot drive hde -> (hd1).  But when I set my BIOS to boot from 'EXT' 
> (ATA66, hde), it swapped the order, so that hda->(hd1) and hde->(hd0).
> 
>    This meant that for install & rescue, grub sees the 'wrong' mappings, 
> and the boot grub fails (as the boot drive is no longer correct).  I 
> finally figured this out after various 'find's inside the boot grub, and 
> just changed the grub.conf nos. to the 'swapped' versions.
> 
>    However, it does mean (I think) that I have to run grub [shell] by 
> hand, and do init/setup manually too.
> 
> 
>    How *should* I be running grub-install, and can I fiddle this 
> device.map to make it work more straightforwardly?
> 
> -- 
> [neil@fnx ~]# rm -f .signature
> [neil@fnx ~]# ls -l .signature
> ls: .signature: No such file or directory
> [neil@fnx ~]# exit
> 
> 



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