Re: BIOS and GRUB haywire

[Thufir <hawat thufir gmail com>]

On 9/1/06, James Wilkinson <fedora aprilcottage co uk> wrote:
> Thufir wrote:
> > This time, however, I opted to have grub
> > install not to the MBR but to /dev/hda.
>
> Um. /dev/hda *is* the MBR.
>
> With DOS-style partitions (what nearly everyone uses), there is a boot
> sector / boot record at the start of each partition, *and* a separate
> one at the very beginning of the disk. This partition is known as the
> MBR, and boot loaders installed there are referred to as being "on
> /dev/hda".
>
> If you had tried putting Grub on a partition's boot record, it would be
> "on /dev/hda1" (or whatever).

Yes, this is what I did.  Thanks for clarifying.

> For the rest of your query: what make is your PC? If you know it, what
> make is your motherboard? (Some PCs from certain manufacturers do Odd
> Things at boot-up). [1]
[...]


I should've included those details.  The mother board and CPU are just
out of the box.  The company who built the box said to bring it in, I
probably won't be able to get it back until monday.  It's still within
the 30 day warranty period.

If they fix it for free, all's good.  I'm concerned that I did
something to cause this, with regards to GRUB, but don't even know if
that's possible, so am concerned about re-purchasing the same
computer, essentially.


-Thufir