Need Help Editing Grub

Dazed_75 lthielster at gmail.com
Sun Jan 24 19:35:11 MST 2010


Not addressing deleting windows, would it not be much easier to boot from a
live CD with grub and di a grub install?

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net> wrote:

>
> Mark,
> I don't understand entirely the commands that kitepilot said to use either.
>
> Your menu.lst file looks correct.
>
> savedefault, along with the "default" setting listed earlier in
> menu.lst, controls which kernel is used as the default. savedefault
> means "use me to boot next time", so generally speaking, the computer
> boots whichever OS was running last. Providing the "default" setting
> corresponds to this behavior.
>
> makeactive and chainloader commands are used with windows partitions.
> makeactive makes the partition active (whatever that means, but windows
> seems to require it), and chainloader, which effectively passes control
> over to the windows loader program, not unlike what happens when the
> bios passes control to grub. At least that's what I would guess.
>
> If grub is not installed in the mbr of the 2nd drive, it needs to be. I
> think that might be what kp was trying to get to. In order to install
> grub on mbr of drive hda, issue the "grub" command at the cli. Then at
> the grub prompt, enter the part after the prompt:
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> grub> setup (hd0)
> grub> quit
>
> If your OS is the 2nd partition on the drive, then you'd specify:
> grub> root (hd0,1)
>
> If your drive is hdb, then you'd use hd1 in place of hd0.
>
> That drive would then run grub when it's booted.
>
> --
> -Eric 'shubes'
>
>
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > This is what I have in menu.lst
> >
> > title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
> > root            (hd1,4)
> > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hdb5 ro
> > initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
> >
> > title           Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > root            (hd0,0)
> > savedefault
> > makeactive
> > chainloader     +1
> >
> > So, I change
> > title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
> > root            (hd1,4)
> > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hdb5 ro
> > initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
> >
> > to
> >
> > title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-2-686
> > root            (hd0,4) <-- change1 to 0 here
> > kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-686 root=/dev/hda5 ro <--- change
> > b to a here
> > initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-686
> >
> > and remove
> > title           Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > root            (hd0,0)
> >
> > What about these bad boys.....
> > savedefault
> > makeactive
> > chainloader     +1
> >
> > I still don't understand the grub commands that I was told to use.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs at shubes.net
> > <mailto:ejs at shubes.net>> wrote:
> >
> >     "every reference to hd1,0 is converted to hd0,0"
> >     You need to edit this manually. hd1 in grub corresponds to hdb in
> linux,
> >     and hd0 in grub is hda in linux.
> >
> >     Mark Phillips wrote:
> >      > I understand the flow....shouldn't I tell grub somehow that the
> >     new boot
> >      > drive is hd0,0? In your steps below, is there perhaps, a typo?
> >      >
> >      > Thanks!
> >      >
> >      > Mark
> >      >
> >      > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 3:58 PM, kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> >     <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
> >      > <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>
> >     <kitepilot at kitepilot.com <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>
> >      > <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com
> >     <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>> wrote:
> >      >
> >      >      >> 1. How do I change grub on the Linux drive (hdb) to say
> >     "the ...
> >      >     If you are running GRUB 0.XX (GRUB 1.XX is different):
> >      >     Boot your Debian machine and as root run:
> >      >     grub
> >      >     root (hd1,0)
> >      >     root (hd1)
> >      >     It should answer that it found the stages, verify that there
> >     are no
> >      >     errors.
> >      >     quit
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >     Then take a backup of /boot/grub/menu.lst and and make sure
> that
> >      >     everything
> >      >     is either using UUID(s) or labels or every reference to hd1,0
> is
> >      >     converted
> >      >     to hd0,0
> >      >
> >      >     Verify your /etc/fstab likewise.
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >      > 2. Do I move the second drive to the first ide port, or
> >     leave it
> >      >     as ...
> >      >     Shutdown, pull the cable from the windoze drive and plug it
> >     to Linux
> >      >     drive.
> >      >     Turn on and pray...   :)
> >      >     Free advice, you can't sue me   ;-)
> >      >     YMMV
> >      >     ET
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >
> >      >     Mark Phillips writes:
> >      >
> >      >      > I have two ide drives in one machine - drive 1 is a
> >     Windows drive
> >      >     and drive
> >      >      > 2 is a Linux drive. Using grub, I can boot into either
> >     windows or
> >      >     debian. I
> >      >      > want to remove the windows drive and replace it with a
> larger,
> >      >     blank drive
> >      >      > for backup storage. I have a feeling if I just remove the
> >     first
> >      >     drive and
> >      >      > put the new one there, the machine will not boot, since
> >     the MBR
> >      >     is probably
> >      >      > on the first drive (it came with the machine, and I just
> added
> >      >     the second
> >      >      > drive for Linux). My questions:
> >      >      >
> >      >      > 1. How do I change grub on the Linux drive (hdb) to say
> "the
> >      >     windows drive
> >      >      > is dead, boot here instead, long live linux"?
> >      >      >
> >      >      > 2. Do I move the second drive to the first ide port, or
> >     leave it
> >      >     as the
> >      >      > second ide drive and put the new drive in the fist ide
> port?
> >      >      >
> >      >      > Thanks!
> >      >      >
> >      >      > Mark
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