Hi Dave, If I remember my grub you can also use the [TAB] feature at the root statement. If you state root=(hd0,[TAB] it will display all possible useable partitions for root. Its been awhile so it would be best to check to be sure.
Jim Dave Baker wrote: > > Having fought through making my GRUB boot floppy work I have a suggestion > that perhaps others can use. I don't see this mentioned in the 'easy > guide' or any of the FAQs - perhaps if the authors of either like the idea > they can add it. > > This was done by downloading the GRUB source, making both stages and using > dd to copy them both to the floppy bootsector. > > When booting the first time, I really didn't know which partition to use > since I've got so many I lose track of them all. What I did was to just > take a guess and type: > root=(hd0,8) > > grub responds with whether it could mount the partition or not, and if so > what type it was. For me, this was 0x82 (the wrong one), so I repeat > root=(hd0,6) > > grub now says it's mounted successfully type 0x83. Hmm - it's a linux > partition but is it the right one? > > kernel=/[TAB] > something I didn't expect at first! GRUB does filename completion, and > shows me a directory listing of the root of the partition ... and I can > see it's the wrong one. > > root=(hd0,7) > kernel=/[TAB] > And yes, now it's showing the correct listing so I can continue and boot > to the right place. > > After repeating the root= stage many times on one attempt it started to > report the partitions were too large for my BIOS. I just rebooted and > this message went away and I was able to boot normally again. > > I know it's not elegant but a bit of practical exploration won out over > theoretically calculating the right numbers in the first place. > > -dave > > -- > | oOOooO / > --| oOobodoO / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --| ooOoOo / > | II / The wise man tells you where you have fallen > | II / and where you may fall - Invaluable secrets. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
