The original multiboot setup on my desktop PC consisted of Windows ME
and Fedora, and used the GRUB bootloader. I later added Ubuntu. During
Ubuntu installation, I elected not to install a bootloader. I manually
added an Ubuntu entry to /boot/grub/grub.conf (Fedora's /boot). With
this configuration, I'm not able to select a newer kernel when Ubuntu
does a kernel update.
I'm trying to repair my GRUB configuration without having to reinstall
Ubuntu and without having to use an Ubuntu CD. I did a Google search and
found lots of seemingly different (and hard to understand) ways to
install GRUB. The solution I selected uses Knoppix and comes from the
book "Knoppix Hacks". I used a Knoppix v5.1.1 (Jan 2007) live-CD to
install and automatically configure /boot/grub/menu.lst (in
Ubuntu's /boot) and to install GRUB in Ubuntu's boot sector. (The
Knoppix GRUB is probably downlevel).
I then added the following entry to Fedora's /boot/grub/grub.conf
title Ubuntu 8.04 chainload
rootnoverify (hd1,7)
chainloader +1
The Ubuntu kernel hardcoded in my Fedora /boot/grub/grub.conf is
2.6.24-17 and this boots OK. When I select "Ubuntu 8.04 chainload" from
my GRUB menu a second GRUB menu is displayed offering a choice of three
Ubuntu kernels: 2.6.24-21, 2.6.24-19, and 2.6.24-17. I tried each choice
and they all fail in the same way. Ubuntu begins booting and displays
numerous informational (nonerror) messages. Each boot freezes at message
"Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision 3.20".
I subsequently booted Ubuntu using my hardcoded kernel entry in the
(Fedora based) GRUB menu. I ran Synaptic to check the status of GRUB.
Synaptic reported GRUB was not installed but GRUB 0.97 was available
for installation. I installed this and retried booting Ubuntu using the
" Ubuntu 8.04 chainload" entry in the (Fedora based) GRUB menu. This
boot failed in the same way as before.
Any ideas on what's going wrong and/or how I can fix this? (preferably
without reinstalling Ubuntu or using an Ubuntu CD).
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