address@hidden: Bug#104508: grub: cannot get past stage1 on my SCSI disk]

[Jason Thomas]

----- Forwarded message from Branden Robinson <address@hidden> -----

> On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 03:18:35PM +1000, Jason Thomas wrote:
> > can you try running grub-install with --recheck this will recreate the
> > device.map file. alternatively delete the device.map file and re run
> > grub-install.
> 
> It doesn't look promising.
> 
> apocalypse:/boot/grub# grub-install /dev/sda
> /dev/sda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
> apocalypse:/boot/grub# cat device.map
> (fd0)   /dev/floppy/0
> (hd0)   /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
> (hd1)   /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target1/lun0/disc
> (hd2)   /dev/ide/host2/bus0/target0/lun0/disc
> (hd3)   /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc
> apocalypse:/boot/grub# l -l
> total 139
> -rw-rw-r--    1 root     disk          197 Jul 14 15:00 device.map
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk         7968 Jul 13 02:38 e2fs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk         7472 Jul 13 02:38 fat_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk         6944 Jul 13 02:38 ffs_stage1_5
> -rw-rw-r--    1 root     disk         1041 Jul 10 11:24 menu.lst
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk         7136 Jul 13 02:38 minix_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk         9600 Jul 13 02:38 reiserfs_stage1_5
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk          512 Jul 13 02:38 stage1
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk        88512 Jul 13 02:38 stage2
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     disk         6592 Jul 13 02:38 vstafs_stage1_5
> apocalypse:/boot/grub# grub-install '(hd3)'
> /dev/sda1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.

curious about this message above, any clues as to why it would be
mentioning /dev/sda1 when the machine is using devfs?

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