RE: device map confusion

[Kjeld Flarup Christensen \(ST/LMD\)]

Try to look into the /boot/grub/device.map file 

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> Subject: device map confusion
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> I'm experimenting (locally) with near duplication of a system 
> for the purpose of later installation onto a physically 
> remote system. Grub is the boot loader and is installed on 
> the BIOS boot device - primary master (/dev/hda)
> - and the duplicated system is now on the primary slave (/dev/hdb).
> 
> My primary system boots with : kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.15 
> root=/dev/hda3 
> 
> to boot the duplicate I tried to use : kernel (hd1,0)/kernel-2.6.15
> root=/dev/hdb2
> 
> However I've discovered that (hd1,0) doesn't map to the boot 
> partition of hdb1.  Experientially found that (hd3,0) does 
> and allows me to boot the duplicate.
> 
> Initially grub-install /dev/hda only mapped fd0 and hd0.  I 
> edited the device map to include (hd1) /dev/hdb and re-ran 
> grub-install which now maps fd0,hd0 and hd1.  My (Gentoo 
> P3-450) system contains a floppy and 4 EIDE harddrives.
> 
> Am I doing something wrong (with grub) or something else?
> 
> Thanks,
> Chris
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