On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 18:31, Peter wrote: > Hey, > > Am Mon, 2003-05-26 um 10.39 schrieb Nick H Johnson: > > It ran without error. > > Booting up I now reach the grub splash screen and choose to boot into > > linux. > > Then I get this: > > > > root (hd1,2) > > Error 21: Selected disk does not exist > > Uups, that's my fault. I forgot to tell you to adjust the file > /boot/grub/grub.conf after removing the small hd. Sorry. > > To fix it: > > boot from CD to rescue mode and chroot to your new system partition > (/dev/hda3) again, as you did when you installed the new mbr. > > Then change dir to /boot/grub and open the file grub.conf in vi: > > vi grub.conf > > (or menu.list, there is a symbolic link to it) > > your should find some lines like: > > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.blabla) > root (hd1,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.blabla ro root=/dev/Volume00/RH > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.blabla.img > > move the cursor below the 1 in (hd1,2) and change the 1 to a 0 (in vi: > press the key r (for replace), then the key 0 and then escape). > Afterwards leave the vi by pressing :wq > > Maybe it's a good idea, to make a backup copy first :-) > > > root (hd0,2) means: use the first hd (0 ist the first, 1 the second) and > there the third partition (hda3; again 0 denotes the first partition) as > the root partition > > grub-install should have adjust the device map, but it doesn't matter > here. > > > Hope it helps! It did indeed, working like a charm, your champion Peter. Many thanks, Nick -- Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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