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Re: how to fix where grub boots from



Dne, 18. 05. 2009 00:23:05 je Mark Neidorff napisal(a):
> Hi all,
> 
> A system that I am building has 2 HDDs--one is EIDE the other is 
> SATA.
>  Etch 
> is installed on the EIDE drive and an almost complete update from 
> Etch
> to 
> Lenny is installed on the SATA drive.  Normally grub boots from the
> SATA 
> drive.  Last night there were power problems and today the system
> boots from 
> the EIDE drive instad of the SATA drive.  What command do I issue to
> tell 
> grub to boot from the SATA drive again?  (all the files are still on
> the SATA 
> drive.  This is just a matter of telling grub where to read menu.lst
> from)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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The first thing I'd try is make the SATA drive bootable (or "active") 
and clearing the "active/bootable" flag from the ATA drive. This is 
easiest done by means of a partition editor. But first, check your boot 
sequence in the BIOS: SATA must come first.

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