Boot problems (still)

[Jim Cornette]

zephod at cfl.rr.com wrote:
>>
>> Why are you trying geometry?
> 
> Because geometry lists the device and the C/H/S information in its 
> output so I can see that hd0 is /dev/sda and it is my 120G SATA drive 
> and not my 160GB IDE drive.
> 
> Steve.

Thanks for the information. I did not know what the option was used for. 
  I only used the grub shell a few times and the latest was because I 
did not have a rescue disc available. I had to guess and use pretty 
vague hits from google to get my system booting again.

Jim

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