Re: Current Grub2 & problem with /boot on different drive

[Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>]

Dean Loros wrote:
> I have installed the patched Grub2 that Colin has in his PPA & done the
> normal updating that he requested including confirming that it is
> installed to my first drive. It is the only grub installed on my system,
> so I feel very certain that I was using it during my timed run last
> evening. To re-confirm:
>
> dean@linux:~/Desktop$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda
> Installation finished. No error reported.
> This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
> Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
> fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.
>
> (hd0)    /dev/sda
> (hd1)    /dev/sdb
> (hd2)    /dev/sdc
> (hd3)    /dev/sdd
> dean@linux:~/Desktop$ grub-install -v
> grub-install (GNU GRUB 1.97~beta3)
>
> Is there anything else you want me to check?
>
>   
I already said: try "set" from grub console
> Cheers!!!
> Dean
>
>   
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:31:34 +0200
>> From: Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko <phcoder@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: Current Grub2 & problem with /boot on different drive
>> To: Dean Loros <ubuntu1user@gmail.com>
>> Cc: grub-devel@gnu.org, Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
>> Message-ID: <4ABC63C6.4060903@gmail.com>
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>> Dean Loros wrote:
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>>> Greetings Colin & Vladimir--
>>> Tried the patched grub2--I've gone back to the 3 1/2 minutes to menu
>>> with it--before it was 3 min 50 sec--so it is a slight
>>> improvement--any other ideas?
>>>
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>>>       
>> Can you issue "set" from grub console. Are you sure you really use my
>> version?
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>>> Cheers!!!
>>> Dean
>>>     
>>>       
>>>> I am "pub-crawling" tonight--I will do that tonight after (if I am
>>>> able ;)  )--if not, I will do it tomorrow evening (after 6pm
>>>> Pacific)----Here's to it working much better--have a pint tonight for
>>>> it working well.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!!!
>>>>
>>>> Dean
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Colin Watson <cjwatson@ubuntu.com
>>>> <mailto:cjwatson@ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>>> On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 07:11:44AM -0700, Dean Loros wrote:
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>>>>> What do you think of Vladimir's WIP patch?  I'm "game" to give it a
>>>>> whirl...I have not had time to really look thru all the changes, but
>>>>> almost anything would be better than the current time to menu.
>>>>>         
>>>>>           
>>>> Could you try upgrading grub-common and grub-pc from my PPA? They aren't
>>>> there yet, but should be fairly soon.
>>>>
>>>>  https://launchpad.net/~cjwatson/+archive/ppa
>>>> <https://launchpad.net/%7Ecjwatson/+archive/ppa>
>>>>
>>>> Make sure that you run 'sudo grub-install <your boot device>' after
>>>> installation and before rebooting. (The package may manage to do this
>>>> automatically, but it's best to make sure.)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Colin Watson                                      
>>>> [cjwatson@ubuntu.com <mailto:cjwatson@ubuntu.com>]
>>>>       
>>>>         
>>> -- 
>>> Dean Loros
>>> autocrosser at ubuntuforums.org
>>> Performance by Design Ltd.
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