2010/3/20 Tom H <[email protected]> > > I have debian 5 on /dev/sda1 and ubuntu 10.04 on /dev/sda3 > > here are my grub.cfg > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### > > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux, linux 2.6.26-2-amd64" { > > set root=(hd0,1) > > search --fs-uuid --set da13d632-e65a-4128-9b06-0ec24a5d390f > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-amd64 > > root=UUID=da13d632-e65a-4128-9b06-0ec24a5d390f ro > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-amd64 > > } > > ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### > > ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### > > ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### > > menuentry "Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-15-generic" { > > insmod ext2 > > set root=(hd0,3) > > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76fe9a67-1168-4154-b994-4b466e92f7df > > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic > > root=UUID=76fe9a67-1168-4154-b994-4b466e92f7df ro quiet splash > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-15-generic > > } > > ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### > > whenever i choose to boot ubuntu, i got "unknown comand 'initrd' " but it > is > > fine when i boot debian but not after i failed to boot ubuntu, debian > would > > fail to boot too with the same message. How do i go about this? > > 1. Don't you have os-prober installed? Why is Ubuntu in the 40_custom > section? > > before going to number 2, is there any other way because os-prober did not detect ubuntu on /dev/sda3 i experimented by adding below in /etc/grub.d/device.map (hd0,3) /dev/sda3
and update-grub2 says it could not find that partition > 2. can you boot from Ubuntu if you add > insmod linux > between > search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 76fe9a67-1168-4154-b994-4b466e92f7df > and > linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-15-generic > root=UUID=76fe9a67-1168-4154-b994-4b466e92f7df ro > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.my
