On Sunday 09 March 2003 10:56, samarar wrote: > You might want to try > > root (hd1,0) > setup (hd1) > > to install grub to the mbr of your second ide drive.
But why? setup (hd0) will do the job very nice and then add one more entry for win part....... > > ~rushan > > Ben Sparks wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I know the bootloader question has been beat to death and I have looked > > every where that I know of to find an answer, but no dice...yet. > > Anyway, I'm stuck using a boot disk to load gentoo. First off gentoo > > is installed on hdb with hdb1 being /boot, hdb5 / , hdb6 /swap, & hdb7 > > /home. Here is my grub.conf file: > > > > default 0 > > timeout 30 > > splashimage=(hd1,0) /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > > > title=Gentoo > > root (hd1,0) > > kernel (hd1,0) /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hdb5 > > > > and when I ran "grub" I typed > > > > root (hd1,0) > > > > setup (hd1,0) > > > > > > I thought this was right....? no. I don't get a cool splash screen only > > a plain grub boot screen that gives an error when trying to boot, so I > > revert to using my trusty boot disk :) Does anyone have a suggestion > > for my delimma? Also, one extra note, when I get to the grub boot scren > > (the one that gives errors) it says it's booting from a FAT formatted > > drive?...huh, wha...I know I formated /boot with ext2. I'm just > > baffeled. Thanks > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQE+av15yJBq97+CQrERAhJwAJsHR+NMbT/A/zwRm3qgj/9/8WLSYQCfVCcq > > /NmDFh6zY9sZ7ZAZioFJYdw= > > =wNg4 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
