Re: migrating Debian GNU/Linux Etch to second SATA drive

[Paul Csanyi <csanyipal@gmail.com>]

NN_il_Confusionario <pinkof.pallus@tiscalinet.it> writes:

> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:12:30PM +0200, Paul Csanyi wrote:
>> Error: /dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any
>> corresponding BIOS drive.
>
> is /etc/mtab correct ?
>
> is /boot/grub/device.map (which might be created by grub-install by
> reading /etc/mtab) correct ?

Yes, it is:
nano /etc/mtab

...
/dev/sdb1 / ext3 rw,error=remount-ro 0 0

> have you searched google
>
> Linkname: grub error does not have any corresponding BIOS drive\ 
> - Google Search
>         URL:
>
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=grub+error+does+not\
+have+any+corresponding+BIOS+drive&btnG=Search
>  
> ?

I checked /boot/grub/device.map:
(hd0) /dev/sda
(hd1) /dev/sdb

I edited menu.lst:
# kopt=root=/dev/sdb1 ro

# groot=(hd1,0)

I run grub-install with --recheck option.

Still I have no success.

I boot the Debian Etch system from the sda, and check the /boot/grub/
directory of the Debian Etch system from the sdb. There I find strange
situation. The /boot/grub/ directory contain another /boot directory
with grub/. I removed this second boot/grub/ directory.

This must be the case because when I tried to run grub-install I tried
also to reinstall grub with aptitude reinstall grub..

I shall reboot to see how it works the grub-install now.

-- 
Regards, Paul Csanyi
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