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 Looks like usermod and groupmod might be the way to go...may have to fix something outside of the /home at some point. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
