Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2006/11/28 16:56 (GMT+0100) Andreas Jaeger apparently typed: > >> Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> On 2006/11/28 07:30 (GMT+-0500) Felix Miata apparently typed: > >>>> I did a FTP install from the beta2 mirror state IIRC. Shortly after I >>>> did some partition rearranging, moving the factory from hda21 to hda10. >>>> After editing the appropriate files and running grub-install, it would >>>> not boot when hda10 selected from IBM Boot Manager or when hda10 >>>> chainloaded from grub on another partition. Loading the kernel and >>>> initrd from grub elsewhere worked fine. > >>>> After updating to the rc1 mirror state I reran grub-install once again, >>>> and now it boots from BM, and presumably also from chainload. > >>>> The rc1 graphical grub boot menu is way cool! > >>> I just stumbled onto a clue why my problem may have occurred, but don't >>> know what to make of or do about it. > >>> I just grabbed the newest default kernel rpm via ftp and ran rpm -ivh on >>> it. After mkinitrd's bootsplash output came these two lines: > >>> ERROR: Core::SplidDevPath: Cannot get device for (hd0,20)/boot/grub/stage1 >>> ERROR: Core::SplidDevPath: Cannot get device for (hd0,20)/boot/grub/stage2 > >>> The error is understandable, as when initially installed factory was on >>> hda21. Now hda21 no longer exists. I moved factory to hda10 over a week ago. > >>> What triggered the errors? What is remembering the original installation >>> target? > >>> Reboot with the new 2.6.18.2-31-default kernel seemed totally normal. > >> Please file a bugreport for this! > > What product and component? IOW, whose fault is it likely to be?
So, is this a 10.2 install? In that case against 10.2, component kernel, > /etc/grub.conf was left untouched from its original installation > creation state (the old partition originally installed to) after I used > YaST 2 System Update to upgrade to RC1. Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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