brown wrap wrote: > I finshed compiling everything but can't boot. Here's my problem. I > have two internal disks and one external: > > /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc > > In reading the book, it said to set aside a partition for LFS. I did, > it was the 2nd partition of sdc, sdc2 > > So as one of my last steps I set up grub, but it was installed on > sdc2. I then realized it was the new grub, or grub2. I tried to > modify my existing grub, the old grub, to add a new entry. I was able > to select the new entry, but not boot. > > So here is my question. If I move the external drive inside and make > it the first drive, will I be able to boot, even though LFS is on the > 2nd partiton? I don't want to, but I could move everyting over to the > first partition, but I'd have to wipe it out, which I don't want to > do. > > I thought as I was going through the book, this would be a problem > since I never encountered a warning that it had to be on the first > partition.
Did you follow the instructions and boot GRUB2 from GRUB Legacy to test it out before updating the MBR? -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
