Re: [PLUG] GRUB not writing boot record

[Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com>]

On Sun, 2002-03-31 at 23:55, Paul wrote:
> > I run update-grub; says it ran OK. But if I remove the Linux boot disk,
> 
> I thought the command was something like "grub-install /dev/hdx".

It's both. And in my case, I found out that GRUB assigns hard disk
identifier numbers based on the count of ACTUAL hard disks found, and
not places on the chain. So, for me, (hd0) = /dev/hd, (hd1) was /dev/hde
- the next non-CD drive I have. I had assumed that GRUB would use (hd4)
for /dev/hde, but no - it totally skipped /dev/hdc (a CD-RW), and
/dev/hdd ( a DVD). Once I corrected that, it started to boot. 

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