Re: GRUB install issue w/1.4_rc1

Henti Smith <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.gentoo.newbies
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Tue, 01 Oct 2002 13:58:28 -0400
[email protected] wrote:

> 1) I have /boot installed on /dev/hdb1 but it's currently the only hard
> drive in the machine (my Windows one is unplugged but goes to the Master
> slot on the 1st controller).  I followed the instructions to install GRUB to
> (hd0,0) but it tells me something like "unknown file system type 0x83".  I
> am using ReiserFS and have mounted /boot with "-o notail".  I also added
> notail to /etc/fstab.  How can I get GRUB to install?

You should have used (hd1,0) not (hd0,0)

In the instructions is explains that the first number is the designation of the drive on the controller and the second number the partition.
hence ... hdb1 is (hd1,0) and hda1 is (hd0,0) etcetc

Henti Smith
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