Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On 2006/11/28 07:30 (GMT+-0500) Felix Miata apparently typed:
>
>> I did a FTP install from the beta2 mirror state IIRC. Shortly after I
>> did some partition rearranging, moving the factory from hda21 to hda10.
>> After editing the appropriate files and running grub-install, it would
>> not boot when hda10 selected from IBM Boot Manager or when hda10
>> chainloaded from grub on another partition. Loading the kernel and
>> initrd from grub elsewhere worked fine.
>
>> After updating to the rc1 mirror state I reran grub-install once again,
>> and now it boots from BM, and presumably also from chainload.
>
>> The rc1 graphical grub boot menu is way cool!
>
> I just stumbled onto a clue why my problem may have occurred, but don't
> know what to make of or do about it.
>
> I just grabbed the newest default kernel rpm via ftp and ran rpm -ivh on
> it. After mkinitrd's bootsplash output came these two lines:
>
> ERROR: Core::SplidDevPath: Cannot get device for (hd0,20)/boot/grub/stage1
> ERROR: Core::SplidDevPath: Cannot get device for (hd0,20)/boot/grub/stage2
>
> The error is understandable, as when initially installed factory was on
> hda21. Now hda21 no longer exists. I moved factory to hda10 over a week ago.
>
> What triggered the errors? What is remembering the original installation
> target?
>
> Reboot with the new 2.6.18.2-31-default kernel seemed totally normal.

Please file a bugreport for this!

Andreas
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