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Originally Posted by yancek
Which drive is set first boot priority, osx or xp/Mint?
If you can boot Mint, login in and run: sudo fdisk -l command from a terminal and post the output here. That's a lower case Letter L, no a number one in the command. This shows partition information on disks.
The error 21 is 'selected disk does not exist' so I would assume (?) you installed stage1 Grub to the mbr of SATA disk and it is looking for the remaining Grub boot files which are on the other disk where Mint is installed.
Take a look at the /boot/grub/menu.lst file also to see what entry you have for OS X, if any. If you don't understand it, post menu.lst file here.
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Disk /dev/sda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 14594 117220792+ af Unknown
Disk /dev/sdb: 203.9 GB, 203928109056 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 24792 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xa10ea10e
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 10102 81144283+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb2 10103 24792 117997425 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdb5 22160 24792 21149541 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb6 10103 10574 3791277 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 21664 22159 3984088+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb8 10575 21206 85401508+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb9 21207 21663 3670821 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
I think my 2 disks are bieng treated as one large one as my sata with os x on it is 120gig.
This is the full /boot/grub/menu.lst file sorry if it's too much
# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/.
## 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 default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 0
## Graphical boot menu location
gfxmenu=/boot/gfxmenu/default.message
## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 10
# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue
## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret
#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#
#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST
### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below
## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs
## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/sdb6 ro
## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,5)
## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true
## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false
## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash
## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false
## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=
## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0
## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single
## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all
## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true
## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false
## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false
## ## End Default Options ##
title Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sdb6 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
quiet
title Linux Mint 6, kernel 2.6.27-7-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic root=/dev/sdb6 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic
title Linux Mint 6, kernel Last successful boot
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/last-good-boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb6 ro quiet splash last-good-boot
quiet
title Linux Mint 6, memtest86+
root (hd1,5)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sdb1
title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd1,0)
savedefault
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
