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Re: [PLUG] GRUB not writing boot record
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So something like (hd0,1) means first drive, second partition. Are the optical
drives designated as anything in GRUB?
> 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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