Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265795AbUJOC7j (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:59:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265970AbUJOC7j (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:59:39 -0400 Received: from mailhost.tue.nl ([131.155.2.7]:44296 "EHLO mailhost.tue.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265795AbUJOC7h (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:59:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 04:59:33 +0200 From: Andries Brouwer To: "Richard B. Johnson" Cc: Andries Brouwer , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Linux-2.6.8 Hates DOS partitions Message-ID: <20041015025933.GB3379@pclin040.win.tue.nl> References: <20041013213519.GA3379@pclin040.win.tue.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Spam-DCC: dmv.com: mailhost.tue.nl 1181; Body=1 Fuz1=1 Fuz2=1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1049 Lines: 27 On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:51:59PM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > So, every time I install a new Linux version, GRUB writes something > else there. Eventually it probably gets big enough to make the DOS D: > partition go away, and soon DOS drive C: becomes unbootable. I can't > find any other reason. > > The GRUB configuraton file on a pristine install does not > seem to access /dev/sda, but it does... > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img > title Other > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > chainloader +1 Don't be confused by the absence of the letter s. hd0 may well be sda in case you boot from SCSI. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/