From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 03:19:19 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 9AA7216A407 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:19:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from mxout5.cac.washington.edu (mxout5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.135]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4476843CA0 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2006 03:18:11 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from youshi10@u.washington.edu) Received: from smtp.washington.edu (smtp.washington.edu [140.142.32.139]) by mxout5.cac.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kBA3JIE2029450 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 19:19:18 -0800 X-Auth-Received: from [192.168.0.101] (dsl254-013-145.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net [216.254.13.145]) (authenticated authid=youshi10) by smtp.washington.edu (8.13.7+UW06.06/8.13.7+UW06.09) with ESMTP id kBA3JIup009140 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 9 Dec 2006 19:19:18 -0800 Message-ID: <457B7CB5.40909@u.washington.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 19:19:17 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061116) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200612082010.42744.news@budostore.de> <200612090958.03581.news@budostore.de> <200612092204.53800.news@budostore.de> <457B417E.9030506@u.washington.edu> <457B513E.1080506@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.1.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-PMX-Version: 5.2.2.285561, Antispam-Engine: 2.5.0.283055, Antispam-Data: 2006.12.9.190432 X-Uwash-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='__CP_URI_IN_BODY 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __LINES_OF_YELLING 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' 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 03:19:19 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David Stanford wrote: >> Good question; not sure about that one, since the BIOS may or may not >> count the EIDE channels as 0 and 1, and the SATA as 2 and 3. Needless to >> say, this little numbering scheme with grub has become confusing, esp >> with the introduction of new technology (SATA) >.>. Not sure how >> numbering would work with SCSI either (something I should try sometime), >> because I don't know how the BIOS numbers drives with SCSI cards or SATA >> drives put into the mix. >> > > Another good point. I suppose it's documented somewhere, but who has > time to > RTFM? :) > > -David Erm... although I don't mind the examples, the documentation for GRUB seems a bit lacking (manpage yields almost nothing, but there's a bit in "info grub"). Though, specifics like this aren't really explained. - -Garrett -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFe3y16CkrZkzMC68RAjEKAJ0dkl9N9qVxC2uvt1mdGyyhKAFgLQCeIL1o PGwdKfJ8an0hwfgM+dybPZc= =jVLX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----