Triple boot:XP,ubuntu&FC5 grub failed
Guillermo Garron
guillermo.fedora at gmail.com
Wed Aug 30 22:39:36 UTC 2006
On 8/30/06, Mirko Scurk <mdebian at sfsb.hr> wrote:
>
> Roby wrote:
> > Gayal wrote:
> >
> >> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> >> #
> ...
> >> title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
> >> root (hd0,7)
> >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb
> >> quiet
> >> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
> >> title Ubuntu
> >> rootnoverify (hd0,6)
> >> chainloader +1
> >> title Win XP
> >> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> >> chainloader +1
> >> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Notice the similarity of Ubuntu and Win stanzas generated by anaconda.
> > Well, this will never do. Ubuntu's entry ought to be more like FC,
> > the other linux that dwells on your HD. Something like ...
> >
> > title Ubuntu
> > root (hd0,6)
> > kernel (copy this from menu.lst kernel line in Ubuntu)
> > initrd (also from Ubuntu's menu.lst)
> >
>
> Or not, if he instaled grub from ubuntu on ubuntu partition. Then
> chainloader makes sense!
You are right
I have exactly that on my Desktop
I have the grub of FC5 on the MBR,
then i have grub on the Ubuntu partition,
and my grub config sees like that, the good thing of doing this way is
that when you run
$ yum update
or
$ sudo apt-get update
you do not have to worry about pointing to the new kernels.
do this
boot from any of the linux you are able to boot, after that
run
$ grub
that will give you the grub shell
-> root (hd0,6) # your ubuntu partition
-> configure (hd0,6) # will install grub on your ubuntu partion.
be sure you have a good menu.lst file on you /boot/grub/ directory on
the hd0,6 partion,
pointing to you Ubuntu
now you chainloader command will make sense.
please tell me if you need any more help, I will be at home in two
hours and will be able to see how my PC is configure and working.
regards,
please send me the output of:
$ fdisk -l
$ df (from FC5 and Ubuntu if possible)
Guillermo.
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