BIOS upgrading

[John Summerfield]

Tim wrote:
> John Summerfield:
>>>> On my f8t3 system, where Anaconda neglected to add Windows, typing
>>>> this works ad a grub prompt:
>>>>
>>>> chainloader (hd0,0)+1
>>>> boot 
> 
> Tim: 
>>> Don't you mean:
>>>
>>>   rootnoverify (hd0,)
>>>   chainloader +1
> 
> John Summerfield:
>> No
> 
> Interesting, as the grub info file doesn't give any hint that you'd put
> a drive name into the chainloader command.  Just that you can use "+1"
> and "--force" parameters with it.

I think '(hd0,0)' is part of "file." What do you think?

Try it.

> 
> NB:  Not that it makes any difference, but I did mean to type (hd0,0),
> not (hd0,)...

I thought you might.

> 
>>> (And with or without boot, at the end - it's not needed in the grub.conf
>>> file.)
>  
>> It's needed at the commandline. Try it.
> 
> Yes, I wasn't paying attention to where you wrote at the grub "prompt".
> 


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John

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