On Wed, 2006-04-19 at 18:03 -0700, Christopher Nelson wrote: > On Wed, Apr 19, 2006 at 11:21:20PM +0100, Wackojacko wrote: > > Christopher Nelson wrote: > <snip> > > >this appeared to have worked, as did subsequent 'grub-install's, but > > >when I rebooted, I was back in my debian setup on hdb, not the one on > > >hda. > > > > Just a guess but you probably have grub installed on hdb also and the > > BIOS may be set to boot from this instead of hda. Try changing the boot > > order in the BIOS. > > > > If still no success disconnect hdb and see if hda will boot. > > I did indeed have grub install on hdb, but the boot order in BIOS was > correct. I tried disconnecting hdb but got "error 21". What ended up > working for me was editting the boot stanza in grub to point to my hda > install, then running grub-install from there. Still don't know why it > didn't work in the chroot though, would be interested to find out. > > -- > Christopher Nelson -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Send some filthy mail. >
There has been a post a few days ago where you can find another solution to your problem: run grub with the new root-dir as parameter (no chroot required) grub-install --root-directory=new/ /dev/hdX this way, grub will use your "root-to-be"-directory and not the current root directory. Philippe De Ryck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
