Re: Grub/Grub2 fails with non-first root partition

[Osamu Aoki <osamu@debian.org>]

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 04:14:20PM +0200, Raven wrote:
> Did a new setup with netinstall testing but I am still getting stuck at
> the usual place.
> I let the installer partition the space as it wished:
> 
> Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0xace22e9e
> 
>    Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sda1               1        3824    30716248+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda2            3825        6797    23880622+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> /dev/sda3   *        6798        9602    22531162+  83  Linux
> /dev/sda4            9603        9729     1020127+   5  Extended
> /dev/sda5            9603        9729     1020096   82  Linux swap / Solaris

I used netinstall.  I did not use grub2 on older normal pc (Mac is
different), so I did not study much on system like yours.  

Keep your eyes on BTS.

Osamu