SOLVED Re: grub problem: cannot read from drive

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 08:27:48PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > I have grub on mbr of /dev/hda. I have a new harddrive at /dev/hdc > with Debian. I have an older, 200meg hard drive at /dev/hdb. ^ > > I am trying to install Debian onto /dev/hdb1. I have done so, but

Re: grub problem: cannot read from drive

On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 08:27:48PM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > I have grub on mbr of /dev/hda. I have a new harddrive at /dev/hdc > with Debian. I have an older, 200meg hard drive at /dev/hdb. > > I am trying to install Debian onto /dev/hdb1. I have done so, but I > cannot get grub to boot it.

Re: grub problem: cannot read from drive

I'm no grub expert (only started using it recently), but in the menu file I have something like: title Linux Foo root (hd0,2) kernel --type=biglinux /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 I don't know if specifying the "root" filesystem and the "--type=biglinux" (for bzImage) will help. I recall having problems

grub problem: cannot read from drive

I have grub on mbr of /dev/hda. I have a new harddrive at /dev/hdc with Debian. I have an older, 200meg hard drive at /dev/hdb. I am trying to install Debian onto /dev/hdb1. I have done so, but I cannot get grub to boot it. When I am at grub command line, I type this: kernel (hd1,0)/ Then if