Hi Michael; On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 20:10 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:56:20 -0400, William Case wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 19:35 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:50:31 -0400, William Case wrote: > > > > > > > I checked and low and behold I found GRUB listed in the first block > > > > (mbr ??) of both disks. So I thought I should chase that down before I > > > > filed an inappropriate bug report. > > > > > > Then what happens if you overwrite sda's mbr with NTLDR? > > > > > > To me it is still not clear what your boot sequence looks like. > > > > > > You say this is a dual-boot machine. Unless you prefer ntldr, you > > > would store grub in sda. However, you say you store it in sdb. > > > So, how exactly do you boot? Do you really chainload sdb from sda? > > > > > Sorry Michael, I was trying to avoid re-telling a long tale of woe. > > > > Here it is; > > A long tale, but the details are missing. > > To reinstall grub, you run "grub-install /dev/sda", right? Yes that was the intent and that was what I used on the second attempt. I might have mis-typed "grub-install /dev/sdb" the first time by mistake. > And what do /boot/grub/grub.conf and /boot/grub/device.map contain? /boot/grub/grub.conf is as it should be: #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd1,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz ## hiddenmenu title Fedora (2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64) root (hd1,4) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64 ro root=UUID=884ffe2a-42ff-4835-bf57-b80bc45c3baa rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.25.6-55.fc9.x86_64.img title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64) root (hd1,4) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 ro root=UUID=884ffe2a-42ff-4835-bf57-b80bc45c3baa rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64.img title WindowsXP sp3 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 and /boot/grub/device.map is: # this device map was generated by anaconda (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/sdb > > > and everything seemed fine. The intent was to install grub on /dev/sda > > dual booting to sdb /boot. (BIOS loads in the natural hd0, hd1 order.) > > Still, one question remains. With grub in the mbr of sda, how do > you boot from sdb? Do you point grub.conf to your /boot partition? Yes. > Or perhaps you do some unusual chain-loading to the mbr of sdb? Perhaps -- inadvertently. That is what I am trying to ascertain and solve. -- Regards Bill; Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.2 Evo.2.22.2, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
