Re: root seems to be incorrectly set after install

[George Lengel <lengel1@comcast.net>]

Robert Millan wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:44:35PM -0500, George Lengel wrote:
>   
>> Robert Millan wrote:
>>     
>>> Sounds like grub_boot_drive not having the right info.  It works when 
>>> received
>>> via multiboot, but not from boot.img.
>>>
>>> Does the attached patch fix your problem?  Just a guess ...
>>>  
>>>       
>> Hello,
>>
>> Thanks for the try. It did not appear to make a difference, though I 
>> cannot rule out I did not apply the patch and recompile correctly. I 
>> hope I did though and everything I checked indicated I was using my 
>> compiled version and not the original Debian package.
>>     
>
> You need to be sure.  It's hard enough to try guessing what the problem may
> be, to make it even harder this way.
>
>   
>> Is there something 
>> I can check so we can be convinced I am using the patched version?
>>     
>
> Try:
>
> diff -ur grub2/kern/i386/pc/init.c tmp/kern/i386/pc/init.c
> --- grub2/kern/i386/pc/init.c   2008-01-23 12:25:52.000000000 +0100
> +++ tmp/kern/i386/pc/init.c     2008-02-03 11:58:31.000000000 +0100
> @@ -232,6 +232,8 @@
>
>    if (! grub_os_area_addr)
>      grub_fatal ("no upper memory");
> +
> +  grub_printf ("%p\n", grub_boot_drive);
>  }
>
>  void
>
> this will also tell you the grub_boot_drive value (let us know).
>   

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.