On Mon, 2005-02-14 at 14:56 -0700, Guy Fraser wrote: > On Tue, 2005-15-02 at 00:31 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > > Hi > > > > > All I did was add a drive, and grub would not work any more. > > > Saying grub has nothing to do with it is complete BULL SHIT. > > > > i said it might not be related. > > > > Actually you said : > <QUOTE> > > > > grub has no reliability concerns really. your problem may not been > > even related to it. if you think its a grub bug then file a bug > > report. > </QUOTE> > > Since it is difficult to figure out exactly what you were trying > to say, I could only guess that the message appeared to say grub is > not the problem. > > > > > > The sheer volume of people that are having problems with > > > grub, should be an indicator that it is not making life > > > easier for the Fedora community. > > > > i dont agree with this > > > > Whether you agree or not, many people are having trouble with > the way grub handles drive assignments, and is one of the > main reasons for attrition from FC. > Please provide facts/numbers/statistics before you make such a blanket statement. Many people are having trouble, they do not understand labels-vs-device names but they are hardly the majority of users and I would wager a very small minority. To say it is one of the main reasons for attrition from FC does require a few facts in support. > > > Rahul : If you don't have something that can help me, then > > > do not respond. I have probably been using Linux longer than > > > you, until grub and SATA drives came out I never had problems > > > I could not fix. If you are a Red Hat developer then, I > > > certainly hope the other developers are reading your idiotic > > > remarks and have you removed. > > > > name calling wont help you. if I get removed for suggesting you file > > bug reports against grub instead of ranting here then that would be > > very ironic > > > > Did I hurt your feelings? > I'm so sorry. > Guy, That is hardly the way to provide good will or encourage people in the community to _want_ to provide aid. Have you not heard the phrase "You catch more files with sugar than with vinegar?? > There are dozens of bug reports, for exactly the same problem, none > of them have answers, and many appeared to have been closed. > > I booted off the rescue disk, then shuffled around my data so I > could boot off a PATA drive, then reinstalled onto that drive. > > I can now run FC3 again, and will not attempt to install onto a SATA > drive again until I hear a bunch of success stories. Grub doesn't > seem to be able to handle a mixture of drive types, and until it > can there should be an alternate boot loader. > > > -- > > Regards, > > Rahul Sundaram > > Guy Fraser > >
