Re: Does grub2 solve this problem I am having with grub1? RE: usbsticks.

[Paul Elliott]

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:58:01AM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-31 at 10:08 -0600, Paul Elliott wrote:
> 
> > Is there a solution for this in grub2? That is in writting
> > the equivalent of menu.lst for grub2, is there a way to
> > specify "the device that my menu.lst and my stage files
> > are on" without knowing in advance where that will be?
> > 
> > If so, how would one do this in grub2?
> 
> I think that device will be in the root variable.  You'll just need to
> use paths without the device name, e.g.
> 
> linux /boot/vmlinuz
> initrd /boot/initrd.img
> 

Ok, but how do I say the same device as I am in now, but the
3rd partiton, rather than the first.

How do I say (hdX,3) where X in the device I am in now? And
X may vary at boot time depending on the number of hard disks
on the target system?



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