Re: GRUB loader error message (Thanks Alvin)

2005-10-03 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Alvin-- Just that simple change did it. Thanks a lot sir! So I take it that Grub looks at hd0 as the BOOT drive based on your BIOS settings and boot sequence. hd1 in this case would be "hda", hd0 is "hdb" because hdb is the actual boot device. Thanks again for your help, J. Merritt --- Alvin O

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-03 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Thank you sir, I will give that a try.Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote:> Windoze is installed on /dev/hda1k> /dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7> HPFS/NTFSk .. that agrees with your prior statement> /dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 f> W95 Ext'd (LBA)that is windoz

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Alvin Oga
On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote: > Windoze is installed on /dev/hda1 k > /dev/hda1 * 12433195430417 > HPFS/NTFS k .. that agrees with your prior statement > /dev/hda22434486519535040f > W95 Ext'd (LBA) that is windoze too

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Here is the fdisk -l output from today. If this is of any help. There was no physical drive swapping, all I did was set the BIOS to look at hdb first, before hda. It WAS looking at hda first before. Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylin

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Jeremy Merritt
Hey Alvin-- Windoze is installed on /dev/hda1 Here is an output from fdisk -l: Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 *

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Roby
Jeremy Merritt wrote: > I was having trouble getting the grub loader to work > on my machine after having to re-install Windoze XP. > Finally I got the grub menu to come up but Debian will > not load properly. > > /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub > > The commands for loading Debian are li

Re: GRUB loader error message

2005-10-02 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya jeremy On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, Jeremy Merritt wrote: more grub fun :-) > /dev/hdb2 is the location of /root/grub i assume you have a type and/or a system install problem -- what is the disk that windozed is installed on ( presumably hda ?? aka C: ) -- if you install