On 5/29/2011 3:47 PM, MJang wrote: > 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 Mike,
Is there a way to do that without going through the list one by one and making the changes to fit the Debian uid/gid model? I have not yet done the enough research to find the total answer for the grub issue. I have found several web pages to start the learning process of booting from a live cd and reinstalling grub2. I suppose I could just update the Fedora grub and Debian would then be listed... Bruce _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
