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bug #13223: GRUB unable to install or find MBR boot info in IDE+SATA system

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Sun 29 May 2005 10:53:56 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  Installation Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  None
Status:  None Privacy:  Public
Assigned to:  None Originator Name:  Leon Fitinghoff
Originator Email:  -email is unavailable- Open/Closed:  Closed
Release:  None Release:  0.95
Reproducibility:  Every Time Planned Release:  None

Sat 15 Dec 2007 05:09:51 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Unfortunately we do not currently have the resources to track down this kind of requests. Please reopen this bug if you can provide a patch, or if you're willing to work on this issue.

Thanks

Robert Millan <robertmh>
Group administrator
Sun 29 May 2005 10:53:56 PM UTC, original submission:  

The system uses an ASUS K*V-X motherboard, with an ATA disk on ide0 master (hda) and a SATA disk on the first SATA channel (sda).
The config file grub.conf (with menu.lst a link pointing to it) is
default 0
timeout 15
#splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#
title=Slack 10.1
root (hd1,1)
kernel /bzImage-H1 root=/dev/sda5 ro
#
title=W98
map (hd0)(hd1)
map (hd1)(hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader (hd1,0)+1

which is setup (hd0) ok.  The device.map shows
(fd0) /dev/fd0
(hd0) /dev/hda
(hd1) /dev/sda

However, when the system is booted, the menu is not reached, but a grub prompt appears.

Giving the Slack 10.1 commands "manually", followed by 'boot' boots the system ok.

Doing setup (hd1) does not help.

Changing the BIOS ordering of disk and exchanging hd0 and hd1 everywhere does not make the menu appear, but the system still boots ok "manually" using the (changed) lines in the menu (Slack 10.1), no matter if setup (hd0) and/or setup (hd1) is done.

Probably I have overlooked something simple - but what?
Googling has not given any usable clues.

Anonymous

 

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    Date Changed by Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced by
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