is the bootloader the same thing as etc\fstab?
On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 23:21, Douglas Adams wrote: > You may want to make sure that your bootloader is pointing towards the right > place also. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Douglas Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:17 PM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] dual booting issues > > > > When you switch over to the other ide controller, what does it show up in > > your bios as? Primary or Secondary master? > > > > I'm no guru, so I may be wrong, keep that in mind. > > > > I'm assuming that: > > Primary Master = /dev/hda > > Primary Slave= /dev/hdb > > Secondary Master= /dev/hdc > > Secondary Slave= /dev/hdd > > > > If I'm right (I may well not be), couldn't you change it in /etc/fstab to > > point to /dev/hdc instead of /dev/hda? > > > > On a side note, I have an asus A7V266 board myself, which one do you > have? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Cleve Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] dual booting issues > > > > > > > It says this: > > > > > > > > > > > > /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 > > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 > > > /dev/hda10 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 > > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount > > > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > > none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount > > > dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > > none /mnt/floppy supermount > > > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync 0 > > > 0 > > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > > /dev/hda5 /mnt/nt2 ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > > > /dev/hda11 /mnt/windows vfat umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 > > > 0 > > > none /mnt/zip supermount > > > dev=/dev/sda4,fs=auto,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync 0 > > > 0 > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 > > > /dev/hda9 /var ext3 defaults 1 2 > > > /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > > > > > > > Wow! > > > Cleve > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 19:57, Douglas Adams wrote: > > > > I'm not sure if I can be any help at all, but I'm curious, in your > > /etc/fstab what hard drive does it say that your boot partition is on? > > /dev/hda, /dev/hdc, etc.? > > > > > > > > Is it possible that the IDE chain that your hard drive is connected to > > changes the naming of the hard drive, and linux isn't looking in the > right > > place when you switch it to the next chain? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Cleve Allison > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:38 PM > > > > Subject: [brlug-general] dual booting issues > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok....here's the deal. > > > > I have an Asus A7V motherboard. It runs a Duron 700 chip with the > > 100/200 bus. > > > > The way this motherboard was implemented is that there are two > onboard > > IDE controllers. > > > > One is a 33/66 and the other is a 33/66/100, I think. > > > > What happens is the upon booting up, it first looks at the ata66 > > controllers...then scans the ata100 controllers. > > > > I have had to plug my hd cables into the ata33/66 controller to > > actually install the OS or OS's. > > > > > > > > So....last night I received my new WD 100 Gig HD with the 8mb > > buffer..pretty sweet. > > > > had to plug it into the slower ide controller to install first WinXP > > and then MDK 9.0 > > > > Everything is cool so far. Took everyones advice and I have a huge > > partition that both OS's can see...its great. > > > > > > > > Here is the problem. When I moved the cables to the ata100 > > controller....and rebooted....I can boot into WinXP fine...but I cannot > boot > > into MDK9 > > > > If I move the cables back to the ata66 controller then I can boot > into > > either. > > > > > > > > So there must be something like the boot.ini file in Linux.......so > > I'm guessing I need to edit it to do something different. > > > > But if that is the case then why didn't I have to do the same for > > boot.ini under WinXP? > > > > > > > > Or am I barking up the wrong tree altogether? I really want to use > > the faster controller since my new harddrive was designed to make use of > it. > > > > > > > > TIA for any help you can provide, > > > > Cleve > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > General mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
