Bug 496558

Summary:	Wrong grub partition name
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	Vladimir Romanov (RETIRED) <blueboar>
Component:	Installation Handbook	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Vladimir Romanov (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-31 05:43:08 UTC

In hb-install-x86+amd64-bootloader.xml:

For instance, if you want GRUB installed in
<path>/dev/sda4</path>, then the command becomes <c>setup (hd0,4)</c>.
Few users however want to do this.

/dev/sda4 will be (hd0,5), not (hd0,4)!

Second, in lilo.conf part of document, all root= changed from sda3 to sda4, but in grub.conf (GRUB Legacy) part, root=/dev/sda3 remains. Is it error, or it is right?


Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-31 20:27:37 UTC

On the GRUB matter, I think (hd0,4) is wrong, but not that it should be (hd0,5) but (hd0,3):

/dev/sda1 is (hd0,0)
/dev/sda2 is (hd0,1)
/dev/sda3 is (hd0,2)
/dev/sda4 is (hd0,3)

I'll correct that in the document.

The use of /dev/sda3 in the GRUB Legacy part is actually not "wrong", but confusing. /dev/sda4 in the example would most likely be the extended partition (as there is a /dev/sda6 mentioned further down for Windows). However, it could very well be that /dev/sda3 is the extended and that /dev/sda6 is Windows and /dev/sda7 swap.

I'l add in a <note> to point this out, and switch the example root= to /dev/sda4 to be consistent across the line elsewhere.

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2013-12-31 20:29:32 UTC

Fixed in CVS, thanks!