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Old 08-29-2003, 07:14 AM   #1
arunshivanandan
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grub-install problem


when i run 'grub-install /dev/hdb' after a 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' from linux rescue mode,it shows an error that there is no BIOS device corresponding to /dev/hdb6.this hdb6 is my linux / partiton.The system was working perfectly alright with the same grub.conf.i just went for lilo and it showed an error that it will require some 1600 cylinders.(this system is an old celeron one,and so the bootloader must be within the first 1024 cylinders.).so i went back to grub.this system(my friend's) does not have a first ide bus,i.e,all the partitions lie in hdb.
thanks in advance!!
 
Old 08-29-2003, 07:35 AM   #2
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I too have come across this problem... somehow grub-install does not like hdb/hdd.

About lilo, have you tried the lba32 mode?
 
Old 09-01-2003, 12:38 AM   #3
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thanks for answering my thread.
i solved the grub-install & BIOS problem by giving a '--recheck' option with grub-install.
 
  


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