On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 12:15 AM, walt <w41...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/09/2010 12:36 PM, Fatih Tümen wrote:
>
>>> 2. I accidentally ran grub-install /dev/sda instead of /dev/hda
>
> If you still actually have an 'hda' then you should start using the new
> disk drivers in the kernel "CONFIG_ATA" section rather than the older
> and deprecated "CONFIG_IDE" section.
>
I was happy with the distinction between local and external disk. But
thanks for the advice.
> That will make all of your /dev/hd* devices become /dev/sd* instead. This
> may have nothing to do with your current problem, but it's time to make the
> change in any case. (You will need to make appropriate changes in fstab.)
>
>> grub> setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 --prefix=/grub (hd1)
>> Error 21: Selected disk does not exist
>
> What choices does grub show you when you type "root (hd" and then hit
> TAB? That should list all hard disks that your BIOS knows about. The
> list will change, of course, depending on whether your USB disk is plugged
> in (and working) or not. (grub always refers to 'hd' and never 'sd', which
> I'm sure you already know :)
>
Grub currently know only about hd0, hd1 was what grub called the usb disk.
> I'm not using the dreaded 'hardware' word yet, though I'm suspicious.
>
If you heard the noise coming from the drive when plugged in you be
more than suspicious I think.
> When you tested the drive on the other machine, did you use a different
> USB cable?
>
No but I will do, as soon as I find the other cable.But as I just
noted, drive makes some noise when plugged in. The noise is similar
but less worrying that the one it make first time I ran eix.
> Will fdisk read and recognize the partition table on the USB disk? If fdisk
> results in disk read errors then I'd begin to think more about 'hardware' :(
>
No "Unable to read /dev/sda" is what fdisk says. I never had a disk
(hardware) failure before. Is there no way to extract data from it?
--
Fatih
