[ubuntu-my] FC6 hate my Ubuntu

[Shahriman Sam]

I`ve encounter similar problem  bout two years ago during  my Distro
Hunting days which is (Ubuntu , Fedora , BSDs  and yeah WinXP);

I`m not sure how exactly to solve your problem but here is what i did
on configuring WinXP , Ubuntu and Fedora on my friend  60GB Pata Hdd.

 First step;  Install WinXP
 Second Step: Install Ubuntu
 3rd Step      :  Install Fedora

Assuming your Installation WInxp went on smoothly, Install Ubuntu
here`s the basic partitoning wel

/dev/hda1 XP NTFS   Winxp ofcourse
/dev/hda2 as extended partition mount somewhere in /mnt or /media
/dev/hda3 boot ext3 -> 100 Mbytes (for Ubuntu)
/dev/hda4 Swap -> 1 Gbyte (for Ubuntu)
/dev/hda5 / ext3 -> any size you may want for Ubuntu

I believe the current Ubuntu will install the Grub directly on the MBR
not much you can do over  here. Leave it like that

Now Install Fedora;

The partitoning for fedora should be something similar like this

/dev/hda6 ext3 /boot -> 100 Mbytes (for fedora)
/dev/hda7 SWAP -> 1 Gbyte (for fedora)
/dev/hda8 ext3 / -> Any size you may want for Fedora

U can add anymore partition that u like, during the installation of
Fedora, it will ask where do you want to install the Grub, we say we
wanted to install the grub on the boot partition of Fedora which is
/dev/hda6 .

After finish installing your Fedora. restart and boot into Ubuntu ( u
won`t be able to boot your Fedora just yet !!)

now use any text editor that u like (vim is my choice) edit  /boot/grub/menu.lst
and put this code

title Fedora
root (hd0,5)
chainloader +1

The counting for the partition starts from 0 so (hd0,5) means
/dev/hda6 , treat it likes an index for a array.

Finish the editing. and restart
if everything when well
At the Grub menu you will get

XP
Lots of Ubuntu kernel
Fedora

Select Fedora and you will boot into the Fedora Grub Menu.
Hope this helps :)

On 4/5/07, ahYeop Limau <ahyeop at gmail.com> wrote:
> A'kum and greetings guys,
>
> I have been using Dapper dual partition with WinXP for almost 6 month. I'm
> starting get used to Ubuntu after using RH and then Fedora since 1996. I
> really suprised the simplicity of Ubuntu since receiving the free cd from
> Canonical.
>
> But last week I download FC6. While installing FC6 on a new blank partition,
> I configure FC6 GRUB to recognize Ubuntu on HDB6. No errors shown. So after
> palying around the new FC, I restart my PC. When I try to start Dapper from
> GRUB list, it says something like 'unrecognize partition'. Starting WinXP
> was OK but not Ubuntu. I tried to modify configuration in
> /boot/grub/menu.lst to recognize hdb6 but still no success.
>
> I read someone mention that we need to create boot partition for each Ubuntu
> and FC6 if it is in a same harddisk. Is it true? How do I do that?
>
> I really need help on this matter. Pls help.
>
> ahYeopLimau.
>


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Muhammad Shahriman bin Samsudin
Electrical & Electronics Engineering Student
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
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