Hi, I'm running Linux Mint 11, a second OS install on this box, the
first being various k/ubuntus ending at Natty. I'm not interested in
the Natty install now and want to make use of the partition for
something else, however this is where the "working grub" is installed.
There is a "second grub" (/etc/default/grub, /etc/grub.d/) for the Mint
install, however editing of this /etc/default/grub and running
grub-update have no effect on the grub menu when the machine boots,
leading me to realise I have "2 grubs". I've done enough googling to
get me this far and realise I don't really know what I should do to have
the box use the grub files in the Mint install, the likely outcome would
be rendering it unbootable and needing to reinstall grub. Could someone
point me in the right direction please?
Some more info that's probably relevant: sda6 is where the Natty
installation is, sdc1 is / and sdc6 is /home for Mint. The single
partition on sdb (sdb1) is my /video, the fact that it has the bootable
flag set may be a hangover from a previous install. And of note, sdc1
does not have the boot flag set.
roger@gemini ~ $ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0003330c
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 30159 30401 1951897+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda4 1 30158 242244073 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1 25294 203173992 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 25295 30158 39070048+ 83 Linux
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00054fc7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 38914 312568832 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdc: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000785a6
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 1 3892 31255552 83 Linux
/dev/sdc2 3892 38914 281313281 5 Extended
/dev/sdc5 3892 4872 7875584 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc6 4872 38914 273436672 83 Linux
Cheers,
Roger
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