On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:01:24 -0800 (PST) maxim wexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi group, > > Previously I had a problem with hard drive that turned > out was a faulty IDE controller, not the drive, not > the cable. > > Now I can't use /dev/hdb but /dev/hdc is OK. So my set > up is /dev/hda(WinXP) and /dev/hdc(gentoo), ie, WinXP > is on the first IDE as master and gentoo is on the sec > IDE also as master. hdd is the CDROM(sec IDE,slave), > to complete the setup. > > So far I've tried every possible permutation of root, > rootnoverify and map. I've tried installing the boot > loader on /dev/hda and /dev/hdc. On hda nothing > works(error 21). On hdc the boot menu appears and I > can boot gentoo but not WinXP > > Error messages: "selected disk does not exist", "not > found or not a block device", "could not find device > for boot". Sorry, I can't recall the exact context for > these messages but this will give a flavor hopefully. > > I've tried changing the boot order in the BIOS. > > I can get gentoo to boot if I tell grub it's on > (hd0,0)(?!?!) but WinXP won't boot unless I remove the > HD w/gentoo on it and bypass grub altogether. > > fdisk can see both drives OK. Both drives appear in > dmesg w/o errors. Both drives appear in the POST > screen -- first drive as '0', second drive as '1' > > I've scoured the web for an answer and now must turn > to the authorities on this list as a last resort. > > Maxim > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com notice how I use the grub 'map' command here to make the windows hard drive 'first' for Windows's sake. Here, the boot priority has probably been set in the kernel. http://spore.ath.cx/~dan/config/grub.conf.pascal -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
