Hello everybody
I had a problem trying to load a new linux system that had ( unknown to me) grub2 as the means of booting. Unfortunately the install did not work correctly, and I was left with an unbootable drive.
Which I got to work again using a Win98 startup disk to get a 'C' drive, but no operating system. I then installed PcLinuxOS on the partition previously occupied by Win XP.
What I would like to know, is can I get grub to boot the Suse and previous PcLinuxOS, either from the MBR or from there own partitions?
Also in my browsing the forum, I noticed a comment that the installation of a new system, can be made to boot from that partition and not the MBR. Which I think in my case would be a good idea, but I do not know how.
I have looked at trying to sort it out myself, but to no avail. The Suse and PCLinuxOS will not boot from grub.
Any help would be most appreciated.
This is my menu 1st
cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0
title linux
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=UUID=f34eeaf4-6199-4772-9bee-7f4d193e0700 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on resume=UUID=ee3419f4-34a5-4a22-98a1-0405af75a9c2 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img
title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=UUID=f34eeaf4-6199-4772-9bee-7f4d193e0700 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on resume=UUID=ee3419f4-34a5-4a22-98a1-0405af75a9c2
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img
title failsafe
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=UUID=f34eeaf4-6199-4772-9bee-7f4d193e0700 quiet nokmsboot failsafe vmalloc=256M acpi=on
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd.img
title openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
VERSION = 11.4
CODENAME = Celadon
root (hd0,6)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
title PCLinuxOS (PCLinuxOS)
root (hd0,8)
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
From the
new PCLinuxOS installation. open a
terminal, su to
root, then;
[root@localhost ~]# grub <Enter>
GNU GRUB version 0.97 (640K lower / 3072K upper memory)
[ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB
lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible
completions of a device/filename. ]
grub> find /boot/grub/stage2 <Enter>
(hd0,0)
(hd0,6)
(hd0,8)
grub> root (hd0,6) <Enter>
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0,6) <Enter>
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,6)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,6)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,6) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... succeeded
Done.
grub> root (hd0,8) <Enter>
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
grub> setup (hd0,8) <Enter>
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,8)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,8)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,8) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu.lst "... succeeded
Done.
grub> quit <Enter>
[root@localhost ~]#You now have grub installed to each of you other OS
/ partitions. Edit your boot stanzas for each, in the
new PCLinuxOS /boot/grub/menu.lst to read;
title openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64)
root (hd0,6)
chainloader +1
title PCLinuxOS (PCLinuxOS)
root (hd0,8)
chainloader +1Save the file. You should now be able to boot all three OS from your
boot menu.
Reboot, and try each entry.
