you should double check whats in /etc/fstab also look at the `mount` command.
Just to make sure that it says /dev/sda and not /dev/hdb. On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:50:00PM +0200, Tobias Koeck wrote: > Hi there > > I´ve found a bug in (GNU) Grub. > > I´ve got the Abit AN7 Mainboard with included SATA Controller (check > out http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=158 > for further information). > > My first booting device is the harddisk at the onboard add-in card > (SATA Controller) and that I´ve setup in my bios. > > When I´m executing > > grub-install hd0 > > it install on my /dev/hdb and not /dev/sda so the machine doesn´t > boot. I have to change device.map and grub.lst manually and reinstall > it again before it works: > > grub generates this device.map > > device.map: > > (hd0) /dev/hdb > (fd0) /dev/fd0 > (hd4) /dev/sda > (hd1) /dev/hde > (hd3) /dev/hdh > (hd2) /dev/hdg > > I had to change it to: > > (hd4) /dev/hdb > (fd0) /dev/fd0 > (hd0) /dev/sda > (hd1) /dev/hde > (hd3) /dev/hdh > (hd2) /dev/hdg > > reinstall grub with grub-install and reconfigurate the grub.lst to get > it work. But after I´ve updated to a new kernel the same problem > occures again (overwrites device.map) :o( ... > > I´ve checked out that problem on Debian Sarge and SuSE Linux 10.0 - it > is always the same. I think grub-install doesn´t recognize that the > SATA harddisk is the first boot device and install to the wrong disk. > > Perhaps you´ve got a permanent solution for that. > > Greetings and thanks > > Tobias Koeck > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > -- Jason Thomas Link Innovations - 02 9634 0400 http://www.linkinnovations.com/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
