From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1JLgeF-0004NR-Ij for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:20:47 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JLgeD-0004NL-Bg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:20:45 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JLgeC-0004N9-53 for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:20:45 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JLgeC-0004N6-0q for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:20:44 -0500 Received: from aybabtu.com ([69.60.117.155]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JLgeB-00080N-Tf for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 10:20:44 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.6] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JLge5-0002A6-Eg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:20:41 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JLgcF-0000Ua-Kz for grub-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:18:43 +0100 Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 16:18:43 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GRUB 2 Message-ID: <20080203151843.GA1863@thorin> References: <47A4E372.2050000@comcast.net> <20080202223923.GA5661@thorin> <47A538A3.50904@comcast.net> <20080203110031.GB19947@thorin> <47A5D3F5.8030009@comcast.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <47A5D3F5.8030009@comcast.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. Subject: Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:20:45 -0000 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? -- Robert Millan I know my rights; I want my phone call! What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.)