On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 08:01 -0700, Michael Ewan wrote: > On 5/25/2011 7:30 PM, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > > On 05/24/2011 07:32 PM, MJang wrote: > >> On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 17:01 -0700, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > >>> This should be a simple Google search, but I must not be using the > >>> correct syntax. > >>> > >>> I was dual booting WinXP and Fedora 14. I decided to install Debian 6 > >>> to a blank partition. When all was said and done, I rebooted and, to my > >>> surprise, no Debian in the boot menu. I think Fedora uses Grub and > >>> Debian uses Grub2. > >>> > >>> Can someone point me to something that will help me sort this out. > >> While I like the Ubuntu documentation on the subject > >> (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 ), I've stuck with GRUB 0.97, > >> because it's easier to configure and customize in a single configuration > >> file. > >> > >> LMK if you'd like to see a copy of my grub.conf file, which is in a > >> similar triple boot (RHEL 6/Ubuntu Lucid/W7). > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mike > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > > > I booted the computer with a live CD. I found the grub.cfg on the > > Debian partition. Looking the file over I note an entry set root=' > > (hd1,msdos6)'. I'm thinking I misdirected the grub installation. > > > > If my thinking is correct, do I need to reinstall, or is there a command > > to reinstall to the MBR? Or can I tell Fedora to find Debian and add it? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Bruce > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > > You don't need to reinstall, nor touch the mbr. The beauty of grub is > that the MBR looks at that file. Change the file and your boot should > work. The trick is determining where the partitions are and setting the > locations in grub.cfg appropriately. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
The other trick is determining which grub.cfg the MBR is reading! _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
