On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 08:26:03 Anders Johansson wrote:
On Saturday 09 August 2008 11:16:13 Amedee Van Gasse wrote:
OK, I did that. When de USB drive is plugged in, it works perfectly. But now when the USB drive is not plugged in, I get grub error 17.
I'm really suspicious that Grub has "issues" with detecting the correct hard disk order.
It sounds more like the BIOS reordering the disks when you plug in the USB stuff.
grub has clearly detected the correct disk, otherwise you couldn't boot at all. But grub (or any boot loader) relies on the BIOS to give sane data, that doesn't change too much
Anders
Guys, I think this is closer to the mark. I have an issue with a couple of USB external drive cases (one gigabyte unit and one a Zytec unit). I have boot from USB disabled in BIOS. When the Zytec unit is plugged in and powered on at boot time, the machine hangs during boot, before even getting to the point of trying to load grub. With the Gigabyte unit plugged in and powered on, the unit hangs after the initial grub load, which seems to be consistent with what Anders is suggesting above. The point is, it has nothing to do with the grub configuration and everything to do with the machine BIOS and how it handles USB devices that are plugged in at boot time. The solution is, if you have problems with a particular device being plugged in or powered on at boot time, disconnect it or switch it off until the machine has finished booting. Cheers, -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== Virtue is its own punishment.