On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 09:52 -0700, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > On 05/26/2011 07:25 PM, Derek Loree wrote: > > 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 > Well, I know a little more than I did...Grub was installed to the MBR of > the memory stick that held the Debian install iso. Once up and running > I had more issues than Grub. More on that with a new topic, maybe. > > This may be as far as I get to play with this problem. A simple > reinstall may be the easiest fix for me. I just wanted to see and > tinker with Debian.
I assume you figured out how to use grub-install to get the GRUB pointer into the MBR of the appropriate physical drive? > > /home directory issues may keep me from mixing Fedora and Debian. I have RHEL 6 and Ubuntu Lucid on the same laptop, sharing the same /home directory. The key for me was to set up all UIDs/GIDs in the RHEL database starting with 1000. I boot into either, and can still use my /home configured tools (e.g. browser, PIM, e-mail, etc) in the same way on both systems. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
