Re: hde vs hda drive designation
I know how to circumvent this with grub instead of lilo... but you can
boot from a grub diskette before you decide which bootloader to use:
1) Download a grub boot floppy (google), for example from:
http://www.dolda2000.com/~fredrik/grub.img
2) Put it in a diskette with:
dd if=/grub.img of=/dev/fd0
or from windows with the program:
http://www.dolda2000.com/~fredrik/rawrite.exe
3) Boot from the diskette and type ('grub>' is the prompt, '# are my
comments'):
grub> map (hd0) (hd5)
# 'you define hda as device name hde'
grub> map (hd5) (hd0)
# 'you define hde as device name hda'
# 'after this computer will see hardware as specified'
grub> root (hd0,0)
# 'boot partition'
grub> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10 root=/dev/hda1
# 'Where you have the kernel image'
grub> boot
Grub lets you do a different re-map and so for every kernel you have, so
you can leave the old kernel entry without re-maping.
If this works for you and you like it, I can tell how to setup grub in
hard disk instead of lilo.
Good luck.
El lun, 17-01-2005 a las 19:18 -0600, Taren escribió:
> I have a situation where, when I installed Debian Sarge, my hd was
> recognized as 'hde' (as opposed to hda).
>
> Everything works fine, as long as I boot from the original kernel from
> the installation media.
>
> However, when I boot from a kernel compiled on my system, the kernel
> panics, saying that I need to 'append a correct "root=" boot option'.
>
> Under the compiled kernel (2.6.10), my hd is recognized as 'hda',
> instead of hde, now.
>
> If I try changing lilo.conf (that's the boot loader I'm using) to
> reflect the 'new' hd designation of hda, but I am unable to run lilo, as
> it can't find the disk.
>
> If anyone has a suggestion on how to get around this, I would appreciate
> their sharing the information.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Taren
>
>
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diego <ddc_prueba@yahoo.es>
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