The reason grub doesn't like it is that it keeps a static map of available disks. Perhaps LILO is really what you want. There are other boot loaders too. I don't think Grub is the right tool for this job.
On 7/16/05, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops.. sent from the wrong account again... > > > Hi Y'all, > I use grub as my bootloader to select between Linux and XP Pro. > > I just purchased two removable IDE drive caddies, and they hang off the > primary channel of a PCI IDE card (Promise Ultra100). The drive with > /boot/grub/grub.conf is the master on the second IDE channel of the Promise > card. Windows lives on the primary master of the mobo's controller. > > Grub doesn't like it /at all/ when the number of connected drives changes. > Probably because it seems to want to renumber the drives on the fly; ide2-ma > is hd4 if ide1-ma and ide1-sl are present, but ide2-ma becomes hd2 if > ide1-ma and ide1-sl have been disconnected. That's bad, because then grub > exits with an Error 21 upon boot up. > > One potential solution would be to have the /boot partitioned drive on > ide1-ma and the removables on ide2, so that /boot is always on hd2.. but my > IDE cables won't reach to connect it that way. > > So how do I make grub not care if the removable HDs are there or not? I > don't want to have to use rescue mode and reinstall grub to my MBR every > time I change the removable configuration.. > > Thanks, > ~Brian > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- Joseph Tate Personal e-mail: jtate AT dragonstrider DOT com Web: http://www.dragonstrider.com -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
