grub can't find my hard disk!

zune · n00b Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Posts: 1

At the final stage of the installation I only need to set my boot partition with grub but that g#r@$u@b don't see my harddisk!

I do the following: I'm in grub (afcourse)

grub> root (hd2,4)

I get the message: "disk does not excist"

Someone recognize this problem?
pleas tell me!

fuzz · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 23 Apr 2002 Posts: 93

just curious do you have 3 hd, if so it looks fine to me. and if not remember the numbering goes hda=0 hdb=1 and so on.

Guest · Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 4:00 pm Post subject:

my configuration:

primary master: fist HD
primary slave: dvd-player

secondary master: second HD
secondary slave: cd-player

I installed gentoo on secondary master and according to linux is that hdc

thinker5555 · Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 4:49 pm Post subject:

Grub only counts the number of HDs. Linux counts by IDE channels. So, even though it's hdc under linux, it would be (hd1) under grub.

Jeremy

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067

Primary Master would be 0 and Secondary Master would be 1 in this case.
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Guest · Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2002 5:39 pm Post subject:

Isn't it bad ju ju for EIDE/ATA to place a slow device like a CD-ROM on the same channel as a hard drive?

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20067