Fixing Grub2

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/07/2010 06:15 PM, Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Karl Larsen<klarsen1 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>    
>> I did it right and now I need to end a bug I wrote saying that
>> grub2 can only see 9 partitions. It can see /dev/sda13 now and I am on it!
>>
>> The secret is to use  boot_info_script055.sh from sourceforge and
>> read it. My problem was I could not see this 10.04 at /dev/sda13 because
>> I had an error in the /boot/grub/ directory. I had both grub1 and grub2
>> files in this directory. RESULTS.txt showed the problem in clear terms.
>> Get the script from:
>>
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
>>
>> Run it and then ponder the data it displays. I have the new 10.04 and this 10.04 from updates starting at Alpha1. I could see BOTH grub1 and grub2 control files in the /boot/grub/ directory. It confused grub2 and it did not pick it up. I saw the problem and mounted this partition to my new 10.04 and deleted the grub1 file menu.lst. Then I did
>>
>> sudo grub-install /dev/sda
>>
>> Now this /dev/sda13 partition is seen and is bootable from the grub list.
>>      
> Glad it is working. I hope that the next time that are told that
> filing a bug report is premature, that you will listen.
>
>    
     It was not premature!! It was a fact and still fact. I solved it 
before you or anyone else did. I will be able to help the next person.

73 Karl


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