Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:47:17AM -0500, George Lengel wrote:
> 
> Dear Robert,
> 
> I now get a 0x80 at the top of the screen just before the rescue mode 
> line. This indicates I am using my compiled version and also confirms 
> your suspicion about the BIOS, right?
> 
> >
> >What version of GRUB Legacy did you install in that system?  Did you modify
> >GRUB Legacy when you installed it, or something like that?
> >  
> 
> I use Grub legacy from Debian which is 0.97. It has worked for years and 
> years without any problem and I never did anything past a simple apt-get 
> and accept the defaults when configuring it.

Can you check if you can override the root device by invoking grub-setup
manually with --root-device parameter?

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Robert Millan

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