Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

[Arthur Marsh]

Robert Millan wrote, on 30/08/08 20:10:
> On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 09:53:07AM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
>> I've attached util/biosdisk.c in case any patches didn't get correctly 
>> applied.
> 
> You did well; the error is the same which means the map structure became
> inconsistent before this function call.
> 
> I spotted a problem with floppy drive handling;  please could you check if
> removing or commenting out this line:
> 
>   (fd0)  /dev/fd0
> 
> from device.map silences the error message?
> 
> Thanks
> 

Yes, removing the line

(fd0) /dev/fd0

from /boot/grub/device.map silences the error messages

error: cannot open `(null)' while attempting to get disk size

Regards,

Arthur.