Gene Heskett wrote: > But I figured that would probably need an edit of /boot/grub/device.map, > but before I did that, I thought I'd run 'grub-install --recheck /dev/sda' > sda being the new name for the ide0,0 drive, the old /dev/hda. There is a fairly strong warning now not to use --recheck , I think. > So I guess I don't understand how grub works as well as I thought. The > info pages might tell me, but it seems the only way to read them is > backwards as once you've gone down a tree to read something, there seems > to be only one way to back up, using the backspace key, but you never get > back to the main menu so its easier to 'q'uit it and restart it, but that > screws with ones train of thought till not even 2 more cups of coffee > makes it make sense. I really think it saves time in the long run to learn how to use grub interactively. It's not well-documented, in my opinion, but it is not too difficult. Basically you have to type in the commands that appear in the grub stanza: grub> root (hd1,0) grub> kernel /vmlinuz... grub> initrd /initrd... grub> boot grub will try to finish /vmlinuz etc if you press TAB, so you can see at once if you are in the right place. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
