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From: Tuxedo on 17 Feb 2010 07:30
I don't prefer GRUB over LILO but are there any simple (gui) install tools
for Grub on Slackware 12.2, like liloconfig?

After installing two different Ubuntu based distros (MINT and ArtistX) on
different partitions and thereafter reinstalling LILO within Slackware and
targetting all relevant partitions, the non-Slackware distros won't boot,
only Slackware will boot correctly. The other distros have different
errors; ArtistX just hangs in the middle of various boot messages while
MINT won't boot into graphics mode.

Are there any GRUB install procedures within Slackware which may
autoconfigure the boot procedure better?

Thanks for any tips.

Tuxedo




From: Tuxedo on 17 Feb 2010 08:37
I wrote:

> I don't prefer GRUB over LILO but are there any simple (gui) install tools
> for Grub on Slackware 12.2, like liloconfig?

I found QGrubEditor at Slacky.eu and have it running after also installing
qt4. But this app looks even more complex than command line.... liloconfig
is much more user-friendly.

What are the commands for installing GRUB on MBR on a Slackware 12.2 when
my Slackware is on /dev/hda5 and another Linux distro is on on /dev/hda6,
and not to forget, Windows on /dev/hda4?

The other Linux distro(s), whether MINT or ArtistX, which are both Ubuntu
based, calls the path 'sda' as in /dev/sda6, but I'm not sure if that
should be reflected as such within the actual boot manager, Lilo or Grub.

uname -a of my system returns "Linux Tuxedo 2.6.27.7-smp #2 SMP ..."

Thanks,
Tuxedo
From: Daniel Castañeda Ruiz on 17 Feb 2010 09:38
it hasn't worked good for me using a single loader for multiple
distributions. I recommend installing ubuntu and mint's own bootloaders at
the beginning of their root partitions, and load them with lilo, with
lilo.conf looking something like this:
other=/dev/hda4
label=Windows

other=/dev/hda6
label=Mint

From: Tuxedo on 17 Feb 2010 09:59
I wrote:

> I wrote:
>
> > I don't prefer GRUB over LILO but are there any simple (gui) install
> > tools for Grub on Slackware 12.2, like liloconfig?
>
> I found QGrubEditor at Slacky.eu and have it running after also installing
> qt4. But this app looks even more complex than command line.... liloconfig
> is much more user-friendly.
>
> What are the commands for installing GRUB on MBR on a Slackware 12.2 when
> my Slackware is on /dev/hda5 and another Linux distro is on on /dev/hda6,
> and not to forget, Windows on /dev/hda4?
>
> The other Linux distro(s), whether MINT or ArtistX, which are both Ubuntu
> based, calls the path 'sda' as in /dev/sda6, but I'm not sure if that
> should be reflected as such within the actual boot manager, Lilo or Grub.
>
> uname -a of my system returns "Linux Tuxedo 2.6.27.7-smp #2 SMP ..."
>
> Thanks,
> Tuxedo

After about five more installation tries of the second Linux distro
(ArtistX) both Slackware 12.2 and ArtistX 0.8 boots, but from a GRUB menu
which ArtistX dropped into MBR. (I have no idea what I did different...). I
would however prefer booting to be configured via LILO and installed via
Slackware, but I dare not touch the current set up in case it breaks the
ArtistX booting. That said, I now have a "working" boot procedure for
ArtistX on /dev/hda6 (or sda6?) and Slackware 12.2 on /dev/hda5, so I
should in theory be able to replicate the correct settings from some GRUB
config file. Where exactly should I look for the relevant boot options of
ArtistX and how could they be used in LILO for both systems to boot from
LILO? I trust LILO being the more reliable system start up procedure....



From: Tuxedo on 17 Feb 2010 10:19
Daniel Casta�eda Ruiz wrote:

> it hasn't worked good for me using a single loader for multiple
> distributions. I recommend installing ubuntu and mint's own bootloaders at
> the beginning of their root partitions, and load them with lilo, with
> lilo.conf looking something like this:
> other=/dev/hda4
> label=Windows
>
> other=/dev/hda6
> label=Mint
>

By the way, I'm not using Mint. I just tested it too see if there was a
problem with the booting or something else relating to the specific ArtistX
installation. ArtistX is the one I use. Both are Ubuntu based.

As it turns out, it's definitely the boot installers that get confused.

I'm not sure if I fully understand what you mean? If selecting ArtistX,
would LILO basically redirect to GRUB on a non-Slackware boot option, while
if selecting Slackware on start up, one would boot straight into the
Slackware system on hda5?

So far I think the boot record is at MBR. The only relevant tool I could
find in the ArtistX system was 'remastersys Grub Restore', which I have
tested before but didn't make anything work better....

Thanks for the tips!
Tuxedo

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