Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistent mountpoint for /

2009-07-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:16:26 +1000, lngn...@gmail.com wrote: In grub, it is located first as hd1 (/dev/sdb) and then as /dev/sda5. That is where I want it to be. Those are two different things. the first is GRUB's root directory, the place where is will find its configuration and stage files

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistent mountpoint for /

2009-07-11 Thread Alan E. Davis
On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Neil Bothwickn...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:16:26 +1000, lngn...@gmail.com wrote: In grub, it is located first  as hd1 (/dev/sdb) and then as /dev/sda5.  That is where I want it to be. Those are two different things. the first is GRUB's

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistent mountpoint for /

2009-07-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Alan E. Davis writes: On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 11:26 PM, Neil Bothwickn...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Sat, 11 Jul 2009 10:16:26 +1000, lngn...@gmail.com wrote: In grub, it is located first as hd1 (/dev/sdb) and then as /dev/sda5. That is where I want it to be. Those are two different

Re: [gentoo-user] Inconsistent mountpoint for /

2009-07-11 Thread Alex Schuster
Uh. I wrote: Is there a reason why yo keep having grub on #2? If not, I'd just run grub, enter root (hd0,0) This should be (hd1,0), using the same /boot partition as before. setup (hd0) But the master boot record is on the first drive now. Wonko

[gentoo-user] Inconsistent mountpoint for /

2009-07-10 Thread lngndvs
I recently reported that I am suffering random reboots. I have now discovered an inconsistency in the reporting of the mount point of the root directory of my Gentoo install. First a little history: I spent about two and a half weeks trying to install ANYTHING that would remain stable and