BIOS problem?

[Karl Larsen]

Felipe Figueiredo wrote:
> On Wed 20 Feb 2008 19:46:05 Karl Larsen wrote:
>
>   
>>> Again, "nothing to see here, move along". You have to do the grub dance 
>>>       
> when 
>   
>>> you change the system to another HD.
>>>
>>> You have to find out (don't know how) which of the HDs is recognized by 
>>>       
> grub 
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>>> as hd0 and which one as hd1. Assuming it is hd1 (mutatis mutandis if not):
>>>
>>> sudo grub
>>> grub> root (hd1,6)
>>> grub> setup (hd1)
>>> grub> quit
>>>
>>> This will set grub in the second HD, and look for boot information in the 
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> 7th 
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>>> partition (for this, I'm also assuming you don't have a separate /boot 
>>> partition).
>>>       
>
>   
>>>   
>>>       
>>     The problem I am seeing is that even if I turn off the IDE HD in 
>> Bios grub can't do the right thing to the SATA drive. When I do root 
>> (hd0,6) it says no Linux found. This means it can't find grub setup files.
>>
>>     
>
> Well, then it means my assumptions are incorrect. You must know what the 
> variables mean if you are to fill the blanks.
>
> Did you issue 'root (hd0,6)' from within your working installation, of after 
> disabling the PATA HD?
>
> Does sda7 have the /boot directory, with the grub informations, and linux 
> images?
>
> If so, then you might give grub-install a try. Also, have you read the grub 
> docs?
>
> regards
> FF
>
>   
    Well the plot gets thicker. I was checking the plugs to the SATA 
drive and after a careful test the drive doesn't work at all now :-)

    I think the power plug on the printed wiring board is screwed up. 
The HD does not show up in BIOS at all now. So tomorrow I will take the 
drive out and see if I can find a problem. HD's are so cheap now it is 
almost better to just buy a new one, but this SATA is just 4 months old.

    The wiring board plugs look real cheap and shoddy to me :-(

Karl


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