> Dear computer experts, > I am trying to set up a dual boot computer with > OpenSolaris and Mepis Linux, but I have problems > getting GRUB to include both operating systems. In > the OpenSolaris GRUB, Mepis Linux does not show up, > and in the Mepis Linux GRUB, OpenSolaris is not > available. I have tried to use Super GRUB on a floppy > disc to boot a slice starting OpenSolaris but it did > not work. I have also tried to edit the file menu.lst > of the Mepis Linux GRUB, but to no avail. Grateful > for any help.
The version of grub included with Linux is not able to boot OpenSolaris directly. This is because it does not contain a ZFS filesystem reader. So you have 2 options: 1. Use the Linux version of GRUB as your primary bootloader and "chainload" the OpenSolaris version of GRUB to boot OpenSolaris. 2. Use the OpenSolaris version of GRUB as your primary bootloader. Note that you may have trouble using the OpenSolaris version of GRUB with some Linux distros (e.g. newer versions of Ubuntu) that select the root filesysten by GUID - OpenSolaris GRUB doesn't know how to deal with these. In this case you would need to "chainload" the Linux GRUB from OpenSolaris GRUB in order to boot Linux. Cheers Andrew. Message was edited by: andrewk7 -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
