Bug#249049: INSTALL REPORT
> The grub-installer is quite confused about hdc being the first BIOS
> disk, but that is to be expected I guess.
I don't think having hc as the first disk is that uncommon, so we
should try to make this work. What problems did you encounter
exactly?
Onboard PATA controller:
Primary master == hda: Maxtor 4D080H4, ATA DISK drive
Primary slave == hdb: JLMS XJ-HD166S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Secondary master == hdc: Maxtor 6Y120L0, ATA DISK drive
The disk on SM is set to boot in BIOS.
If I answer the "install in MBR" question with a yes, it executes
grub-install (hd0) --> the boot sector lands on the wrong disk. If I chose
no, and chose (hd1) I get a grub prompt, but the "root disk" is set to
(hd1,1), where there isn't even a partition. Easily fixed by editing
menu.list, but ...
grub-install can use device nodes as arguments, so the default call could
be:
grub-install /dev/??? (node of disk on which /boot resides)
and the 'root' entry in menu list set to
(hd0,?). ? being the partition numer of the partition that has /boot
That way the boot sector should land on the right disk, and grubs 'root'
entry, since (hd0) at boot-time seems to be the disk that was booted from in
all cases. Or not?
Cheers
C
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