[Malvern] How does linux handle IDE channels

[Robin Wilson]

Hi again,

I have changed it to:

root(hd0,1) and root=hdc2

It now boots up partly - but dumps me to a maintainance mode saying that 
fsck cant run. if you try to fsck it says it can't find the disk. I have 
tried that with all possible device names I can think of.

What should I do?

Robin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Edmunds" <keith at midnighthax.com>
To: <malvern at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 7:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Malvern] How does linux handle IDE channels


> On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 19:31:45 +0100
> Keith Edmunds <keith at midnighthax.com> wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------------
>> title=My Linux system
>> root (hd2,1)
>> kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hdc2
>> ----------------------------------
>>
>> Note that 'hd0' refers to the first disk (/dev/hda typically) and that
>> the '1' in (hd0,1) refers to the SECOND partition of that disk because
>> grub numbers partitions from zero (so this would typically refer to
>> /dev/hda2).
>
> Wow. Even I didn't understand that, and I wrote it. Let's try again:
>
> Note that 'hd2' refers to the first disk on the second controller 
> (/dev/hdc
> typically) and that the '1' in (hd2,1) refers to the SECOND partition
> of that disk because grub numbers partitions from zero (so this would
> typically refer to /dev/hdc2). Sorry about that.
>
> Keith
>
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