On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:58:01AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:08 -0600, Paul Elliott wrote: > > > Is there a solution for this in grub2? That is in writting > > the equivalent of menu.lst for grub2, is there a way to > > specify "the device that my menu.lst and my stage files > > are on" without knowing in advance where that will be? > > > > If so, how would one do this in grub2? > > I think that device will be in the root variable. You'll just need to > use paths without the device name, e.g. > > linux /boot/vmlinuz > initrd /boot/initrd.img >
Ok, but how do I say the same device as I am in now, but the 3rd partiton, rather than the first. How do I say (hdX,3) where X in the device I am in now? And X may vary at boot time depending on the number of hard disks on the target system? -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 [EMAIL PROTECTED] PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117
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