From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EfNlD-0001bp-Cj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:32:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAOKV888008900; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:31:08 GMT Received: from grunt9.ihug.co.nz (grunt9.ihug.co.nz [203.109.254.51]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAOKQEWl027553 for ; Thu, 24 Nov 2005 20:26:15 GMT Received: from 203-118-188-92.bliink.ihug.co.nz (otherland2) [203.118.188.92] by grunt9.ihug.co.nz with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1EfNfZ-0008Dg-00; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:26:13 +1300 From: Glenn Enright To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub on a SATA drive Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 09:26:38 +1300 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <20051124163137.15366.qmail@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20051124163137.15366.qmail@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200511250926.39066.elinar@ihug.co.nz> X-Archives-Salt: 335ce563-b873-4380-b803-2550029189ac X-Archives-Hash: 295709cfef60b85bdad69660c3a21bf4 On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 05:31, maxim wexler wrote: > I note grub doesn't like root(sd0,1), returns "Error > 23: Error while parsing number". > > But what do I call it? hd0 and hd1 are taken. > > -mw Just to make sure, remember that grub has to be installed in the boot sector of your drive and it needs a built in reference so it can find the config file and stage2-*s. Assuming you followed the install guides on gentoo.org you would have looked through the following http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.0/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2 Also consider that grub doesn't understand sda or hda terminology, only numbers. The stuff on the kernel line is for the kernel to pick up and use in conjunction with your /etc/fstab file -- Sigh. I like to think it's just the Linux people who want to be on the "leading edge" so bad they walk right off the precipice. -- Craig E. Groeschel -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list