Dale, Saturday, April 14, 2012, 5:46:44 AM, you wrote:
D> Stefan Schmiedl wrote: >> I'd expect to see root (hd1,0) in there somewhere. D> I tried changing the root line and it still booted sda. Also, note that D> I also tried a grub entry that doesn't even have a root line. It just D> points directly to sdb. D>From what I have always been told, the root line points to grub not the D> root partition of the OS. Those are two different things. Correct me D> if I am wrong here. That's the way I have always been told. That is correct, "root (hdx,y)" points to partition y on drive x, where the kernel is to be found, i.e. the root path for the "kernel" line. The kernel uses its root=/dev/whatever to set up the root for the linux environment. D> I'm using grub legacy here. me too. And the last time I tried, changing the root line made grub boot from the other disk. Have you tried editing this line in grub's editor during boot? s.
