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 grubinst and grubinst_gui fail if hd > 9, Errors with (hd10), (hd11) etc.
post Oct 5 2008, 06:56 PM
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It seems grubinst.exe and grubinst_gui.exe refuse to accept more than 10 hard disks, i.e. fails with (hd10), (hd11) etc.
3 SATA hard drives, 2 USB card readers and target USB flash drive attached, which was connected last, becoming \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE11



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D:\grub4dos>grubinst.exe -l -v (hd11)
grubinst: open: No error

D:\grub4dos>grubinst.exe -v -s=mbrdisk11.dat -t (hd11)
grubinst: open: No error




Using grubinst.exe from here (2008-06-29) and grubinst_gui.exe 1.1 / 2008-01-01


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post Oct 5 2008, 07:23 PM
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Hmmm, interesting.

Do you think that 256 would be enough or should tinybit provide for 16384? dubbio.gif
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What happens if you disable some of the devices (the unneded card readers) from BIOS (or remove them from System)? unsure.gif

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post Oct 5 2008, 08:11 PM
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Hehe, I felt the same on first thought smile.gif
It's because of this post and the follow ups:
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...st&p=801507

I also expected drive number to be 1 digit only, but apparently USB card readers may give unforeseen troubles.

If you ask me- I can disable them, even had to borrow a card reader to reproduce the issue, but I am not sure if an end user can do that, i.e. embedded card reader, throwing 8 empty drives (are there such unsure.gif ) + 1 internal drive + 1 USB stick. Some BIOSes don't allow turning off card readers, or opening the case to unplug it seems not much of a resolution.

P.S. 256 seems overkill (nowadays wink.gif ), but 2 digits doesn't seem that ridiculous.
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post Oct 6 2008, 05:36 PM
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I think you may report the issue to Bean, the developer of grubinst(grubutil).
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post Oct 17 2008, 05:16 AM
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QUOTE (tinybit @ Oct 6 2008, 06:36 PM) *
I think you may report the issue to Bean, the developer of grubinst(grubutil).

Sent him PM same day, is there other way to contact him?
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post Oct 23 2008, 07:04 AM
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Oh, sorry for the delay, I'm a little busy lately.

This problem is caused by a check in grubinst, which limit the disk count to 10. The new version change this limit to 20, it should be ok now.
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