> OK I got mine found again to although its hard to > explain. This new drive was hd2,the new linux native > grub with the windows7 mbr bumped hd1 grub which had > neither OS.So I went back to a hd2 priority listing > in the bios changing it from hd1 on piority list and > started editing the opensolaris grub which was > priviously installed there. An hd1,0 edit brought > back the grub new linux grub. Switching bios priority > to hd3 yeilds old linux grub. So now everything is > accesible through either a hd2 prority or hd3 > priority but still having to switch in bios. > > Sorry thats wrong also had to make edit hd1,3 for old > linux grub. The switched priority is either hd1 or > hd2 in bios. > The rootnoverify reference at hd1 is hd0,0. > > I guess thats running as either a primary master or a > bootable slave so the bios switch is still used and > possible has something to do with World Wide Name of > hd2 since its the only drive that has one in this > machine.
Also had found during research on my problem with dual boot that certain PC makers won't allow booting from non- Windows partitions in their BIOS. To make matters look worse, those same manufacturers offer PC systems with open source OS's on them. So, did you find a solution to your problem jek-0004? -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help mailing list opensolaris-help@opensolaris.org
