cbmkgd Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 root: Set the current root device to the device device, then attempt to mount it to get the partition size (for passing the partition descriptor in ES:ESI, used by some chain-loaded boot loaders), (...) and correctly determine the PC partition where a BSD sub-partition is located.(...) rootnoverify: Similar to root, but [doesn't] attempt to mount the partition. This is useful for when an OS is outside of the area of the disk that GRUB can read, but setting the correct root device is still desired. Note that the items mentioned in root above which derived from attempting the mount will not work correctly. So mounting the partition and passing some info (partition descriptor) might be the magic touch. Was remembering this wiki article where some said they needed the rootnoverify. So these people didn't need the added info that root provided the chainloader... So I'm glad root worked for nastyhome, but still can't understand where the real difference is. Personally I also use root. From now on I'll stick with it as first suggestion, and only suggest rootnoverify later if there's no success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donh Posted October 15, 2006 Share Posted October 15, 2006 That looks right to me. Kind of a suttle change and I think it would work either way in some situations. If you discover anything else PM me on hackint0sh. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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