Package: grub-installer David Bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just did a new installation with the sarge-i386-netinst.iso and was > generally very impressed, particularly with the support for LVM and software > RAID. My box used to have Windows 98 on hda and Debian on hdb, until hdb > died an abrupt hardware death (but I had backups). Having read that the > latest debian-installer supported RAID and LVM, I decided to venture into > these realms and purchased two spiffy new 160GB IDE drives. I set up my new > system as follows: > > hda: new 160BG drive: > hda1 128MB /boot > hda3 5GB vfat area for Windows backup > hda4 1GB swap > hda5 120GB area for RAID/LVM > rest of hda - empty > > hdb: original Windows98 hd, not modified > > hdc: new 160GB drive partitioned exactly like hda > > hdd:CDR/CDROM > > I made hda5 and hdc5 into a RAID-1 device, used this as a physical volume for > a LVM volume group, and then doled out various logical volumes for the Debian > install, which went without a hitch - very impressive! > > Now, the only negative/constructive feedback: the installer detected the > Windows installation on hdb and created a corresponding entry in the grub > menu.lst, but it didn't work, because it failed to take into account the > inability of Windows to boot from anything other than the first disk. I fixed > this by adding the following lines in the installer-generated Windows boot > stanza: > > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > > and everything works perfectly. > > I think that the installer should automatically put in lines to do this > remappiing whenever it finds a Windows installation on a disk other than hda > (or hd0, in grub-speak). > > Anyway, great work! > David Bruce > > David S. Bruce, M.D., F.A.C.S. > LifeLink Transplant Institute > 409 Bayshore Boulevard > Tampa, FL 33606 > (813) 253-2640 > > > The information contained in this e-mail may be privileged and confidential > and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this > message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify > us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. > Thank you. LifeLink.
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