grub is gone

Pedro Fernandes Macedo webmaster at margo.bijoux.nom.br
Fri Jul 2 19:36:44 UTC 2004


Paul Pianta wrote:

> Hans Müller wrote:
>
>> Linux is on /dev/sdd3
>> the boot hdd form bios is /dev/sda
>> the first time i have install grub where with the installation of 
>> FC2. grub works fine until windows has kill it. grrrrrrrrr.
>>  
>>
> Well I'm really confused about your disk setup. :/
>
> If you installed linux on /dev/sdd then you will probably need 
> 'grub-install /dev/sdd'. But you're saying that the machine boot's 
> from /dev/sda so I'm not sure it will work. Which disk is windows 
> installed on?
>
> Maybe PXE boot into linux and show us what 'df -h' gives. 'fdisk -l 
> /dev/sda' and 'fdisk -l /dev/sdd' might be useful for us to help too.
>
> pantz
>
If his machine boots from /dev/sda , then he has to install grub on it. 
Grub will load the necessary bits from /dev/sdd. (I've already done 
something similar , but using IDE disks , with fedora being installed on 
hdb and windows on hda , grub on hda's MBR)

--
Pedro Macedo





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