Re: error 17 hang up with reiser+scsi

[Jochen Hoenicke]

On Jun 25, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote:
> I'm using grub distributed in debian woody, the package version is
> 0.5.96.1.cvs20010530-6, with binutils 2.11.90.0.7, a linux kernel 2.4.5,
> a SCSI disk beyond an adaptec AHA7xxx controller and reiserfs filesystem
> on it.
> grub-install works well but when I try to boot, grub hangs after saying
> "Loading stage 1.5" and (two blank lines after) "Error 17".
> If I try the same installing grub on an IDE disk and booting from it,
> all works well.
> 
> Is this a known issue?

I think the problem is that grub-install can't guess correctly, which
drive gets which bios number on booting.  If you boot from scsi disk
the disk probably gets (hd0), but grub shell assumes that ide disks
are always mapped before scsi disks.  

You can edit /boot/grub/device.map and make your scsi disk (hd0) and
your ide disk (hd1).  Then run grub-install again.

 Jochen