The fundamental way to fix it would be to change the VMware emulation to ATA/IDE
AdrianS
I believe it is using ata/ide
not SATA
df shows /dev/disk/ata/hdd/0
menu.lst has root=/dev/disk/ata/hdd/0
isn't that OK
?
Kaj
Did you mount the image in an odd position in VMware? A normal boot drive is hda
In ATA terms, hdd is the slave drive on the second controller
What does the GrUB root() command in menu.lst say?
AdrianS
(hd3,0)
Kaj
At least that's consistent. I don't know why that boot menu option would not work
Can't you mount the image as primary master in VMware?
AdrianS
I don't think I had the choice
Kaj
You mount it somewhere when you create it, don't you?
Back later
AdrianS
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Kaj
Was watching Arnold's riots
AdrianS
I've re-installed yet again and gotten it to work by selecting the first controller - for some reason the installation defaults to putting the HD on controller 1 as the second device - the CD being the first on the same controller
I guess the logic in grub should be able to find it even on the second controller, no? In any case, it works now with the first menu option