Re: Re: Filesystem type unknown...Debian

2001-06-30 Thread Thierry Laronde
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 01:12:34PM -0700, BoB KoT wrote: Howdy, Hello, /dev/hde563204862204800 /dev/hde6467007598078131072 /dev/hde7204863467006262144 I assume that what the BIOS detects as hd0 is what Linux identifies as the

Getting grub menu on boot

2001-06-30 Thread Trond Arve Nordheim
Hi! I've just installed Grub (comes with my Gentoo Linux). I was so smart to set the timeout to zero in the configuration file, and now my kernel crashes... I need to display the grub-menu (interrupt the boot and show the menu instead) on boot, but can't find any key(s) to press to display it.

Re: Sticky Boot Feature

2001-06-30 Thread Dave Cinege
Ian Duggan wrote: Hi, I was wondering if GRUB had something like a sticky boot feature. This would be a configuration item which would cause GRUB to try to boot the last menu entry that it successfully booted previously. I would find this useful as when I'm using Linux and I reboot,

Re: Sticky Boot Feature

2001-06-30 Thread Thierry Laronde
On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 11:28:58AM -0400, Dave Cinege wrote: However it could be done, probably most easily, by writing a single byte to the end of a raw area(stage 1, is there room?), corrisponding to the the last entry selected. Of course this will get out of sync if the config file is

Re: Sticky Boot Feature

2001-06-30 Thread Gordon Matzigkeit
From the CVS GRUB manual: default --- - Command: default num Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. You can specify `saved' instead of a number. In this case, the