[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Am 2008-05-10 um 07:01 schrieb Paul Csanyi: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> >>> By the way, if you have a floppy drive, you can install GRUB on a >>> floppy too, then you have a GRUB emergency disk which lets you >>> perform operation such as those you described (in the GRUB shell) >>> (for cases of drive failure etc.). >>> >>> -Moritz >> >> That shall I to do, or maybe there is an alternative option, say to >> install GRUB on the USB stick as emergency disk?
Now, when I have finally installed GRUB on the sda so I can to boot with it the Debian Etch that is on the sdb, I can use Debian Etch Netinstall CD in rescue mode. I run a shall in the rescue mode on the root partition of the Debian Etch system (on the sdb). There I chroot target/ , mount /usr/ and run grub: grub> root (hd1,0) grub> setup (hd0) grub> quit > Another tip is to type something like "root (" + tab, it will give > you all of possible devices, then complete the name of one device > and use tab again, GRUB should then tell you which file system is on > that disk which might so help you. The tip that you wrote down abowe is helpful. -- Regards, Paul Csanyi http://www.freewebs.com/csanyi-pal/index.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]