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List:       grub-help
Subject:    Re: grub won't let me remove a drive!
From:       oozie <root () ooz ! ie>
Date:       2009-05-04 23:51:57
Message-ID: 92b13a0e0905041651r367102fya7f376130b9b8eb2 () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi,

On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Charles Smith <cts.private@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 4 drives in my system - 1 of which I no longer use.  I'd like to
> remove it, but when I do, I get an Error 21 from Grub.
>
> The device map is:
>
> (hd0)   /dev/sdb
> (hd1)   /dev/sdc
> (hd2)   /dev/sdd
> (hd3)   /dev/sda
>
> The drive I'd like to remove is (hd1) (/dev/sdc).
[...]

Is it possible that when you remove the original (hd1) your BIOS
detects only 3 devices and GRUB sees /dev/sdd as (hd1) and /dev/sda as
(hd2)?

Have you tried setting up GRUB again after removing (hd1)?

-- 
best regards,
oozie



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