installed a little kde, it switched to it on the reboot, and most stuff is missing, no access to a shell of any kind

[Goh Lip]

On 12/14/2009 05:55 PM, Goh Lip wrote:

>
> Entry 1
>
> sh:grub>configfile (hdx,y)/boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
>
>
> Entry 2
>
> sh:grub>set root=(hdx,y)
> sh:grub>chainloader +1
> sh:grub>boot
>
>
>
> Entry1 for grub2, entry2 into grub-legacy and windows and will boot into
> the boot meny of that partition.
> Remember (hd0,5) is sda5
>            (hd1,1) is sdb1   etc
>
> If in doubt, do a
> sh:grub>search -f /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
>
> that is, if your Fedora and Mint grub.cfg is placed in /boot/grub/
> otherwise amend accordingly.


So for F10,
sh:grub>configfile (hd0,1)/boot/grub/grub.cfg

For Mint
sh:grub>configfile (hd1,1)/boot/grub/grub.cfg

For Other Linux ?
sh:grub>configfile (hd3,1)/boot/grub/grub.cfg


No windows? hah!
There is a new entry since the last time you've sent the fdisk output, 
and that is in (hd1,3). I am not sure what that is and I guess it is to 
boot up Mint from Fedora grub at mbr (in a roundabout way) but ....... I 
really don't know.

Also you might try
sh:grub>configfile (hdx,y)/boot/grub.cfg

or do a chainload, (also works)

I am beginning to suspect Fedora's grub2 is not as advanced as Ubuntu's 
and if it needs to have a roundabout (core.img way)  to boot other OS's, 
then Ubuntu's grub2 is far preferable. Therefore it is better to set 
Ubuntu's (Karmic beta4 grub2) to sda (aka 'set to mbr'). It is also now 
very much easier, did it the hard way, to set a new partition using 
Karmic's grub2 to boot and 'set to sda'. Suggest you set Karmic's grub2 
to sda if my suspicion is correct. All you need to do at Karmic terminal is

sudo grub-install /dev/sda

Regards
Goh Lip