--- David Niemi <drn_temp2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-16-07 at 13:48 +0100, Timothy Murphy > wrote: > > Tamer Higazi wrote: > > > > > Is SATA also be treaten as IDE ?! I thought it > is treaten as SCSI.... > > > > > > It is only a suggestion. If it is treaton on the > linux box as scsi, then > > > the devices are numbered from /dev/sd0 to .... > > > > >> > I just installed FC4 i386_x64 onto a system > with 2 IDE drives (ntfs) > > >> > and > > >> > 2 SATA drives. The system is set to boot > from the first SATA drive in > > >> > the BIOS which I installed fedora to. The > upgrade FC3 -> FC4 appeared > > >> > to go well except for the installation of > grub. System ran great with > > >> > FC3. > > >> > > > >> > When trying to boot all I get is "GRUB" no > prompt or anything. Booting > > >> > from the DVD in rescue mode, mounting the > installed FC4 and running > > >> > grub, things appear to not work right. At > the grub prompt I cannot get > > >> > any of the TAB completions. > > >> > > > >> > With the old installation grub referenced > (hd0,0) now it seems that it > > >> > is (hd2,0). It seems that all of the proper > files are located in the > > >> > boot partition. > > >> > > > >> > should I: > > >> > - edit the /boot/grub.grub.conf to refer to > (hd2,0) > > >> > - issue grub commands: > > >> > GRUB> root (hd2,0) > > >> > GRUB> setup (hd2) > > > > Not sure if this is relevant, > > but I had a similar problem on a machine with two > SCSI disks > > and a large IDE disk which I had added for > archiving. > > FC-4 seemed to give my IDE disk precedence, > > although the BIOS looked at my SCSI disk first. > > > > My problem was solved just by saying > > > > grub-install --recheck /dev/sda > > > > However, this may not be relevant to your > situation. > On Fri, 2005-15-07 at 17:38 -0500, Jeff Vian wrote: > > Check the mapping of drives in > /boot/grub/device.map > > > Thanks for the responses last week but I've been > unable to follow up till > now. > > The device.map is from the FC3 installation which > lists hd0,0 whereas the find > /grub/grub.conf finds it on (hd2,0). When I ran the > above commands (root & > setup) things worked fine but I still end up with > the system halting at GRUB > when I try booting from the HD. I had changed the > grub.conf file to refer to > the (hd2,0) instead of (hd0,0) > > So it isn't finding the /grub/grub.conf? Now what > should I try? Look for /boot/grub/grub.conf. This is usually how it is named. The other "/grub/grub.conf" seems weird unless named by user. Kind Regards, Antonio > > Thanks > Dave > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
