On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:06:32AM -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote: > ... > >is it possible the BIOS is changing the drive order for some reason and > >you're not noticing? > I have Fedora 18 on sdf and Fedora 16 on sda. > Which version gets booted is a function of the boot order. > This allows me to fall back to Fedora 16 if needed. > > If the BIOS boot order changes I get a different Version > of Linux when I boot.
BIOS order does not change by itself but how devices are enumerated by a Linux kernel may change depending on what and from where you booted. Check if /boot/grub2/device.map from both installations are the same. Most likely they are not. > Anyway, why would update change the boot order to a drive > it *<HAS NOT>* written its bootloader to? With a "wrong" device.map I would expect that you are not writing a bootloader where you think you are writing but a boot order did not really change. That would explain also crashes you previously mentioned with XP. With multiple boot disks I would be very reluctant to allow any "automatic" tools to do boot sector rewrites. Michal -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
