Re: howto map boot device to hd0 automagically?

[Franklin PIAT]

Harald

On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 16:35 +0100, Harald Dunkel wrote:
> Hi Franklin,
> 
> Franklin PIAT wrote:
> > So boot disk should always be "(hd0)".

> I see, but if I configure the usb stick with (hd0,0), then I
> just get a "grub>" prompt. I don't see the usual list of titles
> to select from. Running
> 
>       find /boot/grub/stage1
> 
> in this session I get
>       (hd1,2)

Is this your Hard disk ? (second partition...)

> i.e. (hd0,0) is not found at all :-(.

Hopefully, some grub developer may have a clue here.

> Just to be sure: the bios lists the usb stick as a hard drive.

AFAIK, yes, it ought to consider USB boot disk as a hard disk.

Franklin