On 2006/11/28 16:56 (GMT+0100) Andreas Jaeger apparently typed:
> 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!
What product and component? IOW, whose fault is it likely to be?
/etc/grub.conf was left untouched from its original installation
creation state (the old partition originally installed to) after I used
YaST 2 System Update to upgrade to RC1.
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