Am Dienstag, den 06.09.2005, 21:40 -0700 schrieb Mark Knecht: > Hi, > OK, the target machine is now rebuilt. I decided since I had to > rebuild both WinXP and Gentoo that I'd just put them on the same hard > drive. The Gentoo install is complete right up to the point where I > run grub and write it somewhere and I want to make sure I understand > the right way to do this. > > The disk layout is like this > > (MBR) - Win XP > /dev/hda1 - Win XP > /dev/hda2 - extended partition > /dev/hda5 - /boot > /dev/hda6 - swap > /dev/hda7 - / > /dev/hda8 - /home > > Now, my question, where do I write grub? I believe it's into the > MBR and not into partition 1, correct? If so I'd use: > > grub > > grub> root (hd0,4)
LOL! Now you gave the poor guy at least three different numbers. One thing is right though: find /boot within Grub's numbering scheme. Instead of GUESSING try the following: 1. Enter grub as usual 2. Enter root ( and press tab. Grub lists the available disks / partitions 3. Select the one you're think is right. At the end of the line e.g. root (hd0,1) add / and press tab again. Grub now list the directory content of that root partition. If you found what you were looking for you're done - else continue with step 2. > grub> setup (hd0) (Install GRUB in the MBR) > grub> quit > > Is this correct? > > Thanks, > Mark > -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Heinz Sporn SPORN it-freelancing Mobile: ++43 (0)699 / 127 827 07 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.sporn-it.com Snail: Steyrer Str. 20 A-4540 Bad Hall Austria / Europe -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list