From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 00:37:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7B1216A416 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:37:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.185]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 060FA43CA0 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:36:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dthomas53@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id x37so1490005nfc for ; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:37:41 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=neMp/PVflV50sIL5zrUpFcTZDwIbtA9RbCw6eUoDaemkLECkKwED0yeimm1rEKTnqL2gI/MbViqv00xSXy0Jaqs7/sbHn+d2woWqjTwJ7dwdkrN/u7SLdF2jRO0+rcMy68CIkTWGr3xNG6gBDYtJbZVKpXvQak7C1XaKZPpUsbo= Received: by 10.78.178.5 with SMTP id a5mr2313554huf.1165711059933; Sat, 09 Dec 2006 16:37:39 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.156.2 with HTTP; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 16:37:39 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2006 19:37:39 -0500 From: "David Stanford" To: "Karl Sinn" In-Reply-To: <200612100100.59207.news@budostore.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200612082010.42744.news@budostore.de> <200612092204.53800.news@budostore.de> <200612100100.59207.news@budostore.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Configuration of Grub? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 00:37:43 -0000 On 12/9/06, Karl Sinn wrote: > > Hi, > > Am Samstag, 9. Dezember 2006 23:19 schrieb David Stanford: > > title FreeBSD > > root (hd1,0,a) > > kernel /boot/loader > > This worked. > > But I have to say, I don't know why. > It is the third harddisk in the system, and it's definitifly the slave on > the > second IDE-port. > > During the installation I had to identify the disk with ad3. > > How can grub mix the harddisks up and set this one to hd1? > Is there any logic behind? Can't definitively explain this one. I'm assuming your first IDE port has a CD/DVD drive and the first disk? The *only* guess I have is that Grub, in fact, does only count existing hard drives and didn't find one of the first two (for whatever reason). Other than that, I got nothing. Anyway, glad you got it working. Anyway I already have the next problem: How to start KDE > But I'll check the Handbook first and start a new thread if I don't > manage. > http://freebsd.kde.org/instructions.php Good luck! -David -- [root@fbsd ~]# fortune Happiness is just an illusion, filled with sadness and confusion.