Well, I appreciate the input from both of you. Removing the "makeactive" line solved my problem, but I didn't understand enough about grub to realize the significance of doing that.
I can see I need to spend some time learning more about grub. Thanks again Joe Ienup Sung wrote: > Sure and there are several other ways too as additional "truths." > > But probably what I wrote to him is the most painless to recover from > the problem he was having esp. in his configuration. > > Ienup > > Robert W. Fuller <garbageout at SBCGLOBAL.NET> wrote: > >> Ienup Sung wrote: >> >>> Don't add "makeactive" since it will, as you know, make Windows >>> to boot all the time. To recover from this, from Windows, run >>> fdisk and select >> >> This is not always true. It depends on WHERE you install GRUB. If >> you install GRUB as the master boot record (MBR), then regardless >> of what partition is marked active, GRUB will always run at boot. >> However, if you installed GRUB in a partition and left the old >> WinDOwS boot program in the MBR, then it will pass control to the >> boot sector in whatever partition is marked "active." Personally, I >> prefer to install GRUB in the MBR and mark the partition active >> for WinDOwS and whatever other OS behaves more rationally in an >> "active" partition. >> >>> the Solaris partition as the active partition. Exit Windows and >>> reboot. The grub will show up. Boot solaris, remove the >>> "makeactive" from the menu.lst and your system will be fine. >> >> Or, as I've suggested above, leave menu.lst the same and install >> GRUB in the MBR rather than a partition. >> >> Rob > > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-help > mailing list opensolaris-help at opensolaris.org >
