Bug#496040: error: unknown device hd1

Robert Millan rmh at aybabtu.com
Sat Aug 30 14:28:02 UTC 2008


On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 08:17:37PM +0930, Arthur Marsh wrote:
> 
> 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

Great.  I think we nailed the problem down now.

One more check, please;  could you add the floppy line back (exactly in
the same position), and test with this change?

I think this should be the last test;  Thank you very much for your help
so far!

-- 
Robert Millan

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  how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we
  still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."
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