When I tried setup (hd1) grub barfed. Anyway, I ran Knoppix and performed a
grub-install and all is good with the world now. I can boot the machine with
Many thanks to everyone who chipped in with suggestions. It has been
fun......err sort of. Anyway, to recap what to do in the future:
1. Move the drives around any which way you please. Add drives, remove
2. boot with KNoppix
3. Knoppix will find your boot partition, or use fdisk -l.
4. mount the boot partition rw
5. run grub-install
6. reboot.
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > Kitepilot,
> >
> > Well, I did this....
> > grub
> > root(hd1,4) - got an appropriate message like "found something"
> > setup(hd1,4) -- got a bunch of messages that looked right - basically
>
> setup installed grub on a partition, not the mbr of the drive. You
> should have "setup(hd1)" to make it update the mbr of the drive.
>
> You should be able to redo this from just about any live cd. Just make
> sure you use the proper values for the configuration as it is currently
> running.
>
> > confirming it found everything
> > quit
> >
> > Initially, I tried root(hd1,0) and got an error message; also setup
> > (hd1) and got an error message. BTW root(hd1) also returns an error
> > message. The commands above were the only ones that worked without
> errors.
> >
> > I also change my fstab file as shown earlier (basically changed hdb to
> > hda). And the menu.lst was changed appropirately - hdb to hda as I
> > posted earlier.
> >
> > Moved the disk from ide2 to ide1, and installed the new blank disk in
> ide2.
> >
> > Booted up, and no boot, just a black screen. I made sure the jumpers
> > were set for master on ide1 and slave on ide2. ide1 has the linux drive
> > and ide2 has the new blank drive.
> >
> > Checked the bios to see if both drives are recognized, and they are, and
> > in the right spots as well.
> >
> > Currently downloading most recent knoppix image to burn a cd and see
> > what's up. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:06 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> > <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com> <kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> > <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>> wrote:
> >
> > > grub
> > > root (hd1,0)
> > > root (hd1)
> > NO
> >
> > grub
> > root (hd?,?)
> > setup (hd?)
> > ^^^^^
> > Sorry...
> > ET
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mark Phillips writes:
> >
> > > kitepilot,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the clarification.
> > >
> > > Sorry to be such a newbie.....You wrote
> > > grub
> > > root (hd1,0)
> > > root (hd1)
> > > It should answer that it found the stages, verify that there are
> > no errors.
> > > quit
> > >
> > > Should it be
> > > grub
> > > root (hd1,4)
> > > root (hd1)
> > > It should answer that it found the stages, verify that there are
> > no errors.
> > > quit
> > >
> > > because "find /boot/grub/stage1" returns (hd1,4) and not (hd1,0)?
> Or,
> > > perhaps it doesn't matter, and grub will do the right thing when
> > I use
> > > (hd1,0)?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:06 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> > <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com> <
> > > kitepilot@kitepilot.com <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >> >> is there perhaps, a typo?
> > >> No, it's not a typo!
> > >> The drive is still hd1 until you pull the old one.
> > >> Grub doesn't know about which drive, the BIOS tell it to.
> > >> Once you pull the M$ drive and flip the cables, GRUB will see it
> > as hd0.
> > >> ET
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Mark Phillips writes:
> > >>
> > >> > I understand the flow....shouldn't I tell grub somehow that
> > the new boot
> > >> > drive is hd0,0? In your steps below, is there perhaps, a typo?
> > >> >
> > >> > Thanks!
> > >> >
> > >> > Mark
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com
> > <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com> <
> > >> > kitepilot@kitepilot.com <mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com>>
> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> >> 1. How do I change grub on the Linux drive (hdb) to say
> > "the ...
> > >> >> If you are running GRUB 0.XX (GRUB 1.XX is different):
> > >> >> Boot your Debian machine and as root run:
> > >> >> grub
> > >> >> root (hd1,0)
> > >> >> root (hd1)
> > >> >> It should answer that it found the stages, verify that there
> > are no
> > >> errors.
> > >> >> quit
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Then take a backup of /boot/grub/menu.lst and and make sure
> that
> > >> everything
> > >> >> is either using UUID(s) or labels or every reference to hd1,0
> is
> > >> converted
> > >> >> to hd0,0
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Verify your /etc/fstab likewise.
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > 2. Do I move the second drive to the first ide port, or
> > leave it as
> > >> ...
> > >> >> Shutdown, pull the cable from the windoze drive and plug it
> > to Linux
> > >> drive.
> > >> >> Turn on and pray... :)
> > >> >> Free advice, you can't sue me ;-)
> > >> >> YMMV
> > >> >> ET
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Mark Phillips writes:
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > I have two ide drives in one machine - drive 1 is a Windows
> > drive and
> > >> >> drive
> > >> >> > 2 is a Linux drive. Using grub, I can boot into either
> > windows or
> > >> debian.
> > >> >> I
> > >> >> > want to remove the windows drive and replace it with a
> > larger, blank
> > >> >> drive
> > >> >> > for backup storage. I have a feeling if I just remove the
> > first drive
> > >> and
> > >> >> > put the new one there, the machine will not boot, since the
> > MBR is
> > >> >> probably
> > >> >> > on the first drive (it came with the machine, and I just
> > added the
> > >> second
> > >> >> > drive for Linux). My questions:
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > 1. How do I change grub on the Linux drive (hdb) to say
> > "the windows
> > >> >> drive
> > >> >> > is dead, boot here instead, long live linux"?
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > 2. Do I move the second drive to the first ide port, or
> > leave it as
> > >> the
> > >> >> > second ide drive and put the new drive in the fist ide port?
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Thanks!
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Mark
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