On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 8:55 PM, Eric Shubert
<ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
Mark Phillips wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Maybe this is what KP was trying to say
> grub
> root (hd1,0)
> setup(hd1)
> quit
>
> Because, when I boot the system now, hd1 is my Linux drive. So I have to
> setup grub on my Linux drive while it is running. Then I switch the
> Linux drive to the first ide channel, so it becomes the first mbr to be
> read, and it has grub installed there. I believe the current
> configuration has the mbr on the first ide drive (windows) point to the
> mbr on the second ide drive (linux and grub). I have to break that chain
> so the mbr of the second ide drive is now the boot mbr.
>
> The alternative would be to switch drives now, boot with a rescue disk
> and perform
> grub
> root (hd0,0)
> setup (hd0)
> quit
>
> Does this make sense?
Yeah. You'll need to edit the menu.lst file at some point, right?
Already done, as I outlined earlier. HOwever, see my post after the one above to see where I made corrections to what is written above.
Mark
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