Hi All, I spilt my second partition into two via linux fdisk and installed Ubuntu on it The SXDE partition is still there.
Here is the output of "fdisk -l /dev/sda" on my laptop. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 3188 25607578+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda2 3189 9703 52331737+ bf Solaris /dev/sda3 9704 9946 1951897+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda4 9947 19457 76397107+ 83 Linux So now, I would like to chainload the Nevada GRUB from the Ubuntu GRUB. Ubuntu GRUB was installed to MBR. Will this work with the chainload command. I hope there would no data corruption in the SXDE partition. (I am paranoid about the Nevada partition; It has 3GB of checked-out sources from the KDE4/Solaris project ) On Jan 20, 2008 12:27 PM, Manish Chakravarty <manishchaks at gmail.com> wrote: > The confusing thing here is your statement of "C" and "D" > > drives which under Windows means one primary (C) and rest > > extended logical (D). You would probably be requiring a system > > with primary partitions clearly redone and marked, with the > > extended divided into few logicals, to take care of the swap > > partition for Linux as well. Will get back on this issue on > > getting the output of your 'fdisk -l' under Ubuntu live. > > Sorry for the confusion. > I have three partitions on my HDD > All of them primary. > > The first two are the C and D drives on windows. > The third and last partition is the solaris partion > > I want to split the second one into two using linux fdisk to create the > swap and / partiotions and install linux there > Thus I would end up with four primary partitions, which is ok. > > > > > And don't get stuck up on grub issues, if that poses problems. > > If your Windows partition is 32 bit, you can use an alternate > > boot loader called xosl: > > http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm > > > > Or, if you want to make it independent, you may use GAG: > > http://gag.sourceforge.net/ > > > I'll have to take a look at GAG and XOSL. > > Otherwise I like the solution proposed by Shiv and Anil > > 1) Install UBuntu > 2) Copy the conents of Ubuntu's menu.lst somewhere. > 3) Rescue Solaris GRUB using Indiana/Belenix livecd > 4) Add entry for Ubuntu to Solaris GRUB > > > <http://gag.sourceforge.net/> > > > > More choices are available, and you won't be stuck ... > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Bish > > > > > > > -- > Warm Regards, > Manish Chakravarty > ---- > Associate Software Developer > Spike Source > +919980250606 > --- > -- Warm Regards, Manish Chakravarty ---- Associate Software Developer Spike Source +919980250606 --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ug-bosug/attachments/20080123/b2187394/attachment.html>
