hi, i'll start with the problem right away.
i have two hdd. both samsung (40Gb), the existing one is a 5400 rpm, and the other 7200 rpm (puma). i'd differentiate them by using A-5400rpm, and B-7200rpm. my setup now is thus: /dev/hda = B /dev/hdc = A /dev/hdd = CD drive A has lilo installed (Rh8.0) B has grub installed (RH8.0). combination 1: when i take A off from the system, the bios which is directed to boot from HDD-0 boots into linux(from HDD B) fine. combination 2: when i put A into the system in addition to B, i always have the grub directing the root at /dev/hdc (A) for some unknown reason. note 1: the bootloader being run in both combinations is that of grub. so that shouldnt be a problem. note 2: a possible thing noted was that the dmesg gave a very odd two line hda: hda1 hda2 hdc: [PTBL] (4870/255/63) hdc1 hdc2 hdc3 why is the table only being recognized in hdc? is that a problem?? note 3: while installing rh8.0 on B, it did give a message saying that the partition table was not aligned (or some similar message!) saying that it was a correctable error, and do you wish to continue. i then deleted all the partitions and installed rh8 on B the second time, creating partitions using only the installer. even then i get this problem mentioned above. note 4: (V Important!) when i boot from A (combination 2) and when i do a mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp. i get an error, in the sense the 10Gb partition is shown as a 15Gb partition, with junk. but when i umount, and do a mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /mnt/temp in the next command, the partition's up and running with no problem. this in a way confirms the doubt in note 3. but is there anything i can do about this??? does anyone have any idea as to why does the grub bootloader have an affinity to my old hard disk? i hope its not loyalty!! i'll send over config files etc. if anyone is willing to lookinto them. affly robins _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
