Re: It's not a bug, I'm pretty sure...

[Ulrich Hochholdinger]

Hi, 
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 11:36:21AM -0500, Maxime Asselin wrote:
> I have a devel machine booting on /dev/hda and I have a flash reader/writter
> on /dev/hdc.
> I normally boot /dev/hda to prepare flash disks on /dev/hdc (using grub).
> 
> DEVEL (machine used to prepare disks)
>     (hd0) /dev/hda = redhat 6.2
>     (hd1) /dev/hdc = flash disk
> 
> RUNTIME (machine using flash disk)
>     (hd0) /dev/hda = flash disk
> 
> I format hdc, install files, then I try to install grub this way:
> 
> grub> root (hd1,0)
> grub> setup (hd1)

Just use the device command to map the hdc drive to (hd0)
grub> device (hd0) /dev/hdc
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
This works for me to install grub on Microdrives which are inserted via
PCMCIA-Slot as hdc and then used in robots as hda-drive with an
CF-TDE-Adapter.

Gruss
        Ulli

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