[ug-bosug] belenix h/d install boot issue

[Moinak Ghosh]

Anil Gulecha wrote:

> [...]
> Even that's not wokring now :(
>
> Well, i bring the 40 gb hard disk home, connect it. My config is now 
> as follows:
> 160 gb sata connected to sata port on m/b (default boot from this) 
> (suse,ununtu,winxp)
> 40 gb ata (belenix)(master IDE)
> dvdr/w (slave ide)

   Interesting combination sata+ata. I have never seen that tried before.

>
> I can select the devide to boot from at startup and i chose the 40 gb 
> hdd. I again got the " cannot boot root (hd1,1,a)." . I boot from the 
> cd, edit the menu.lst from hd1 to hd0.
>
> Now if i try to boot from the 40 gb hd it goos into a loop, restarting 
> whenever i select any of the 2 options in the belenix grub.

   Looks like you 40gb hdd is neither hd1 nor hd0. You can query grub
   from this:

   Boot from 40gb hdd and select the first grub entry
   press 'e' to go to edit mode
   Select the 'root (hd1,1,a)' line and press 'e' again
   You will be in line editing mode.
   Delete the '(hd1,1,a)' leaving only 'root'
   Now press TAB twice and grub will list all the available devices
   let me know what you see.

Regards,
Moinak.

>
> I've tried everything, googling. startup from live cd is fine, and i 
> can view the installed files on the harddisk(thats how i edited menu.lst).
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards
> Anil
>
> PS: My googling lead me to 
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-189814.html .. maybe there 
> is some kind of a similarity. i do not see any hd* in my /dev . I do 
> though see sda[1-7] and sdb[1-7] if that helps.
>
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