Re: grub does not boot when disk order changes

[Jordan Uggla]

On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Oguz Yilmaz <address@hidden> wrote:
> I have install grub on to MBR of second disk by "grub-install
> /dev/sdb". It installed succesfully. However when I change the order
> to second disk to simulate, I got: "Error 15: File not found" on grub
> stage.
>
>    | root (hd0,0)                                                            |
>    | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.5.3 ro root=LABEL=/ console=ttyS0,19200n8        |
>    | initrd /boot/initrd-3.5.3.img
>
> If I change grub line "root (hd0,0)" to "root (hd1,0)" it boots
> correctly. However, this should work without admin intervention.
>
> How can I build such a self working grub boot on case of a disk order change?

Upgrade to grub2 which handles this case properly by default. Grub
legacy is not supported here, and hasn't had an upstream for more than
6 years.

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