I figured that the backtrack install was brand new and I hadn't done anythin g to it except apt-get upgrade so I figured I thought I would just reinstall it and then fight with the other distribution if that fixed grub for backtrack. Was I surprised when I found that both installations were fixed. On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 3:34 PM, Sam Kreimeyer wrote: > I don't see anything wrong, but then again, my dabbling with grub > usually didn't end well. > > If you don't have anything on the partitions to lose, I would suggest > booting from a live CD like GParted, making your partition edits that > way and then installing as normal. I believe installing Ubuntu on a HD > with multiple partitions will come with grub already on board. > > Trying to straighten it out through the command line might be a more > fun learning experience, though : ) > > On 1/12/12, Michael Havens wrote: > > I've been searching for a solution to this and think I found it here-> > > http://www.supergrubdisk.org/wiki/Multi_Distribution_Boot_Howto > > which states: > > ''''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > You will have to open a Grub terminal and run: > > grub> device (hd0) /dev/sda > > grub> root (hd0,1) > > grub> setup (hd0,1) > > grub> root (hd0,2) > > grub> setup (hd0,2) > > and so on. > > grub> quit > > sync > > '''''''''''''''''''''''''' > > And then I suppose that's it. > > Does this look right? > > > > -- > > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: