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Article #534Re: why can't one boot from /dev/hdb?
From: Dan Jacobson
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 03:59
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 03:59
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OK, looks good, but how do I say this in grub? "Svend Olaf Mikkelsen" <svolaf@inet.uni2.dk> > "Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@kimo.FiXcomTHiS.tw> wrote: > > >boot=/dev/fd0 > > boot=/dev/hdb > >map=/boot/map > >install=/boot/boot.b > >vga=normal > >default=linux > >keytable=/boot/us.klt > >prompt > >timeout=50 > disk=/dev/hda > bios=0x81 > disk=/dev/hdb > bios=0x80 > >message=/boot/message > >menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > >image=/boot/vmlinuz > > label=linux > > root=/dev/hdb1 > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > append=" hdc=ide-scsi" > > read-only > >other=/dev/hda1 > > label=windows > > table=/dev/hda > > map-drive=0x80 > > to=0x81 > > map-drive=0x81 > > to=0x80 I found the grub way to say 'map' [which I indeed had to remove to boot windows from the floppy, it was already mapped apparently], but I can't find the grub way to say disk=/dev/hda, bios=0x81... I'm fairly sure then all I need to do is # grub root (hd1,1)..... #or wherever one's /boot is setup (hd1) #write only the MBR of hdb how does this differ from doing # lilo with the above /etc/lilo.conf? Would lilo here also only write the MBR of hdb? Just curious, grub is said to be more flexible than lilo. Do we see any glimpses of these additional flexibilities in the above examples? [my problem is/was: I want to set the bios to boot from hdb where linux lives, hda is windows. I currently can boot from the floppy [not a rescue floppy, but just a grub in the MBR floppy] -- www.geocities.com/jidanni E-mail: restore ".com." ??? Tel:+886-4-5854780; starting in year 2001: +886-4-25854780
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109f73,7e259f2c0465a3f5 X-Google-Attributes: gid109f73,public X-Google-Thread: f8a83,7e259f2c0465a3f5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8a83,public X-Google-Thread: f9b51,7e259f2c0465a3f5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf9b51,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2000-12-06 20:52:38 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!feeder.qis.net!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!pubnews.netcom.net.uk!not-for-mail From: "Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@kimo.FiXcomTHiS.tw> Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.utils.help Subject: Re: why can't one boot from /dev/hdb? Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:59:50 +0800 Organization: Taiwan is Taiwan is not China Lines: 63 Sender: jidanni@hotmail.com Message-ID: <90n52k$jul$2@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> References: <90h683$11v$1@taliesin.netcom.net.uk> <3a326e38.7943456@news.inet.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: as7po51.tc.ficnet.net.tw X-Trace: taliesin.netcom.net.uk 976164757 20437 202.145.50.51 (7 Dec 2000 04:52:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@corp.netcom.net.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Dec 2000 04:52:37 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400