Naming Conventions That Are Used for Configuring GRUB (System Administration Guide: Basic Administration)

System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Naming Conventions That Are Used for Configuring GRUB

GRUB uses conventions that are slightly different from previous Solaris releases. Understanding the GRUB device-naming conventions can assist you in correctly specifying drive and partition information when you configure GRUB on your system.

The following table describes the GRUB device-naming conventions for this Solaris release.

Table 15–1 Conventions for GRUB Devices


Device Name	Description
(`fd0`)	First diskette
(`fd1`)	Second diskette
(`nd`)	Network device
(`hd0,0`)	First `fdisk` partition on first hard disk
(`hd0,1`)	Second `fdisk` partition on first hard disk
`(hd0,0,a`),	Slice `a` on first `fdisk` partition on first hard disk
(`hd0,0,b`)	Slice `b` on first `fdisk` partition on first hard disk

Note –

All GRUB device names must be enclosed in parentheses.

For more information about fdisk partitions, see Guidelines for Creating an fdisk Partition in System Administration Guide: Devices and File Systems.