On 10/22/07, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> Thanks, Tim. I did as you suggested, and there was some progress: no > > >>> errror, but when booting, it gets in the Grub command line. Any > > >>> further ideas? > > >> You haven't posted your grub.conf yet. > > >> > > >> At the GRUB command-line you can try "find /grub/grub.conf". If it > > >> succeeds, try loading the file with "configfile /path/here". > > > > > > My grub.conf file: > > > > > > # more /mnt/sdc2/grub/grub.conf > > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > > > # > > > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > > > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > > > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > > > # root (hd0,0) > > > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > > > # initrd /initrd-version.img > > > #boot=/dev/hda > > > default=0 > > > timeout=5 > > > splashimage=(hd2,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > > hiddenmenu > > > title Fedora (2.6.22.9-91.fc7) > > > root (hd2,1) > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup/LogVol01 > > > rhgb > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.img > > > title Fedora (2.6.22.7-85.fc7) > > > root (hd2,1) > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.7-85.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup/LogVol01 > > > rhgb > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.22.7-85.fc7.img > > > > > > Paul > > > > > Hi Paul, > > Sorry for the delay - busy day. > > Thats is OK, Mikkel! > > > I think a big part of your remaining problem is that you did not > > update your grub.conf to reflect the BIOS mapping. Because of this, > > Grub is looking for its files in the wrong place. If you change all > > the hd2's to hd0's, things should work better. You will have to run > > setup from the grub prompt, or run grub-install after booting from > > the Linux drive. This because Grub uses the BIOS to access the > > drive, so your config file has to reflect the BIOS mapping. When you > > boot from the Linux drive, the drive becomes hd0 instead of hd2. You > > should not need any map directives, and the kernel should boot fine > > because you are a label to define the Linux root directory. > > I have meanwhile been able to copy the entire /dev/sdc3 to /dev/sda1, > and /dev/sdc2 to /dev/sda2. So the two logical volumes are now in > /dev/sda (larger and faster disk). The device /dev/sda is a SATA disk; > the other an IDE one. > > I can boot in F7 in /dev/sda (the new disk) using the grub.conf in > /dev/sda2 and the other volume in /dev/sda1. However, I always get the > grub prompt when booting. I just need to run the command > > configfile (hd0,1)/grub/grub.conf > > and the machine starts booting correctly. The question now is: how can > I avoid the grub prompt when booting? In addition, I get the following: # /sbin/grub-install /dev/sda /dev/root does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. # /sbin/grub-install /dev/sda1 /dev/root does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. # /sbin/grub-install /dev/sda2 /dev/root does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. # Mysteriously, /dev/sda is now the device with the highest priority in the BIOS. Paul
