3 disks 2 boot partitions

[David E. Meier]

Hey Robert,

> David E. Meier wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I got a small (I guess) problem: I built a new PC with two disks. The
>> primary disk boots either RH9 or W2K. The second disk is for holding
>> data
>> only. Both disks are on the same IDE channel.
>>
>> Now, I got another disk I used in PC that has left life on earth and was
>> also running RH9. I have plugged it into the sencond IDE channel in
>> order
>> to recover the data stored on it.
>>
>> That's what happens now: When boot the new PC it boots off the old
>> (third)
>> disk and therefore stalling with a bunch of errors. I checked the BIOS
>> and
>> that disk is not set as the first boot disk. I am puzzeled...
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>
> Let me guess: You're using GRUB as your boot loader.

You're damn right... ;-)

> This has been beaten to death on the Fedora list
> (fedora-list at redhat.com) probably because the exposure is greater over
> there. You can find some good discussions by some knowledgeable folks in
> the archives, including links to bugzilla reports and other on-line help.
> In your particular example, the fly in the ointment is probably the fact
> that drive numbers are not tied to physical connection, *nix style, but
> can be displaced, M$ style. I was similarly GRUBbed recently.
> That's really all I want to say because I'm NOT an expert and I don't
> want to mislead you into doing something really bad,

Thanks for the hint. I found already some points in another RH thread
about it, however, the results presented there lead to no success. I'll
google some more. This does not mean I am not open to suggestions anymore.
;-)