grub sees 2 out of 3 systems...lucky me

[Robert Holtzman]

On Tue, 4 May 2010, Goh Lip wrote:

> On 05/04/2010 02:57 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 May 2010, Goh Lip wrote:
>
>
>>> title		Ubuntu 8.04.4 LTS, kernel 2.6.24-27-generic
>>>> root		(hd0,5)
>>>> kernel		/vmlinuz-2.6.24-27-generic
>>>>                    root=UUID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ro
>>>> initrd		/initrd.img-2.6.24-27-generic
>>>> quiet
>>>
>>>
>>> (hd0,5) is the /boot, right? and let UUID=xxxxxx refer to the /boot
>>> partition, (hd0,5).
>>
>> I tried this before and again just now......"files not found". Both
>> (hdo,x) and the UUID point to 9.04's /boot partition. The only thing
>> that initiates the boot process is if (hd0,x) and the UUID point to /.
>> Of course then it stops with (initramfs)_ but at least that's better
>> than "files not found", isn't it?
>>
>
> This is a resend, having problems sending again... if duplicate, sorry.
>
>
> Bob, you've other /boot for other OS; you're sure (hd0,5) (and is
> actually sda6) is /boot for 8.04 and not other OS? AND UUID is for sda6
> and not sda5? Just making sure.

I think I've covered the possibilities when I tried all the values for x 
in (h0,x).

I think we have some miscommunication. This is my HD layout:

/dev/sda1......8.04 /
/dev/sda2......extended partition
/dev/sda3......nonexistant
/dev/sda4......nonexistant
/dev/sda5......swap
/dev/sda6......8.04 /boot
/dev/sda7......8.04 /home
/dev/sda8......9.04 /
/dev/sda9......9.04 /boot
/dev/sda10.....9.04 /home
/dev/sda11.....debian /
/dev/sda12.....debian /boot
/dev/sda13.....debian /usr (done on a whim)
/dev/sda13.....debian /home

sda3 & 4 being nonexistent is left over from the very first ever Ubuntu
install. Can't account for it.

9.04 is what I'm trying to boot, not 8.04. Sorry if I wasn't clear about 
that.

One thing I wonder about is whether there is a good way of telling in what
order the partitions appear on the HD. The (h0,x) refers to a position on
the drive which may or may not be the sdax+1 partition. That's in 
accordance with my limited understanding.

>
> (initrams) results in trying to boot other kernels or other OS which
> does not match the (hd0,x) partition. and "files not found' means it
> cannot find the /vmlinuz or /vmlinuz-xxxx.
>
> May give you a clue on this.
>
> Regards - Goh Lip
>
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>

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