Yum update chnages BIOS setting

Mike Chambers mike at mtchambers.com
Mon Nov 26 16:28:43 UTC 2012


On Sun, 2012-11-25 at 18:48 -0700, Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 03:31:46PM -0800, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R wrote:
> > Here are the two device.map files.
> ....
> 
> > [root at omen grub2]# cat dev*map
> > # this device map was generated by anaconda
> > (hd0)      /dev/sdf
> 
> Hm, grub2 device maps which I have seen looked like that:
> 
> (hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD6401AALS-00L3B2_WD-WCASYA950915
> (hd1)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD1200JS-22MHB0_WD-WCANM9149524
> 
> with possibly less or more entries but which were allowing to identify
> unambiguouslsy about which disks we are really talking about.  Why you
> are seeing something else I have no idea.  Grub2 has for me many dark
> corners.  Are you getting the same what you quoted if you will run
> 
>          grub2-mkdevicemap -n -m /var/tmp/device.map
> 
>    Michal

He mentioned he disables (or whatever it was) the other drives when
installing F18.  So assuming F18 works, he adds them back (in whatever
way he is doing this) to continue dual booting.  Is this maybe causing
an issues when they get added back, and redoes the boot order and/or
drives or something?

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Mike Chambers
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