Re: Bug Report for Grub

[Jason Thomas]

you should double check whats in /etc/fstab also look at the `mount`
command.

Just to make sure that it says /dev/sda and not /dev/hdb.

On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 03:50:00PM +0200, Tobias Koeck wrote:
> Hi there
> 
> I´ve found a bug in (GNU) Grub.
> 
> I´ve got the Abit AN7 Mainboard with included SATA Controller (check
> out http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=158
> for further information).
> 
> My first booting device is the harddisk at the onboard add-in card
> (SATA Controller) and that I´ve setup in my bios.
> 
> When I´m executing
> 
> grub-install hd0
> 
> it install on my /dev/hdb and not /dev/sda so the machine doesn´t
> boot. I have to change device.map and grub.lst manually and reinstall
> it again before it works:
> 
> grub generates this device.map
> 
> device.map:
> 
> (hd0)   /dev/hdb
> (fd0)   /dev/fd0
> (hd4)   /dev/sda
> (hd1)   /dev/hde
> (hd3)   /dev/hdh
> (hd2)   /dev/hdg
> 
> I had to change it to:
> 
> (hd4)   /dev/hdb
> (fd0)   /dev/fd0
> (hd0)   /dev/sda
> (hd1)   /dev/hde
> (hd3)   /dev/hdh
> (hd2)   /dev/hdg
> 
> reinstall grub with grub-install and reconfigurate the grub.lst to get
> it work. But after I´ve updated to a new kernel the same problem
> occures again (overwrites device.map) :o( ...
> 
> I´ve checked out that problem on Debian Sarge and SuSE Linux 10.0 - it
> is always the same. I think grub-install doesn´t recognize that the
> SATA harddisk is the first boot device and install to the wrong disk.
> 
> Perhaps you´ve got a permanent solution for that.
> 
> Greetings and thanks
> 
> Tobias Koeck
> 
> 
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