Grub using wrong menu file.
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From: Michael Chare on 5 Nov 2009 06:05 I have a hard disk with multiple operating systems on it. Startup is controlled by a utility called Bootitng. In particular I have Ubuntu in (hd0,6) aka sda7 and MythBuntu on (hd0,7) aka sda8. I have had much difficutly getting MythBuntu to run at all as the installation trashed rather more of Bootitng and the details that it store for the various paritions that I have, than I had bargained for. I used grub on the Ubuntu volume to install grub on the MythBuntu volume. IIRC(and I may not as I tried manythings,) I did this using grub-install. I now have the situation where I can use Bootitng to start the MythBuntu volume but it uses the menu.lst file actually on the Ubuntu volume. What I would like is for grub on the MythBuntu volume to use its /boot/grub/grub.cfg file. How do I achieve that. -- Michael Chare
From: Geoffrey Clements on 5 Nov 2009 13:28 "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS(a)chareDOTorg.uk> wrote in message news:UfGdnS0dU-_xLG_XnZ2dnUVZ8qCdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >I have a hard disk with multiple operating systems on it. > > Startup is controlled by a utility called Bootitng. > > In particular I have Ubuntu in (hd0,6) aka sda7 and MythBuntu on (hd0,7) > aka sda8. > > > I have had much difficutly getting MythBuntu to run at all as the > installation trashed rather more of Bootitng and the details that it store > for the various paritions that I have, than I had bargained for. > > I used grub on the Ubuntu volume to install grub on the MythBuntu volume. > IIRC(and I may not as I tried manythings,) I did this using grub-install. > > I now have the situation where I can use Bootitng to start the MythBuntu > volume but it uses the menu.lst file actually on the Ubuntu volume. > > What I would like is for grub on the MythBuntu volume to use its > /boot/grub/grub.cfg file. How do I achieve that. > Assuming you're using grub version < 1.00 Boot into MythBuntu and become root, type "grub" at the prompt and do the following: grub> root (hd0,7) grub> setup (hd0,7) Then quit grub and reboot. -- Geoff
From: Michael Chare on 5 Nov 2009 17:09 "Geoffrey Clements" <geoffrey.clementsNO(a)SPAMbaesystems.com> wrote in message news:4af3191b$1_1(a)glkas0286.greenlnk.net... > "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS(a)chareDOTorg.uk> wrote in message > news:UfGdnS0dU-_xLG_XnZ2dnUVZ8qCdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >>I have a hard disk with multiple operating systems on it. >> >> Startup is controlled by a utility called Bootitng. >> >> In particular I have Ubuntu in (hd0,6) aka sda7 and MythBuntu on (hd0,7) >> aka sda8. >> >> >> I have had much difficutly getting MythBuntu to run at all as the >> installation trashed rather more of Bootitng and the details that it >> store for the various paritions that I have, than I had bargained for. >> >> I used grub on the Ubuntu volume to install grub on the MythBuntu volume. >> IIRC(and I may not as I tried manythings,) I did this using grub-install. >> >> I now have the situation where I can use Bootitng to start the MythBuntu >> volume but it uses the menu.lst file actually on the Ubuntu volume. >> >> What I would like is for grub on the MythBuntu volume to use its >> /boot/grub/grub.cfg file. How do I achieve that. >> > > Assuming you're using grub version < 1.00 > > Boot into MythBuntu and become root, type "grub" at the prompt and do the > following: > grub> root (hd0,7) > grub> setup (hd0,7) > > Then quit grub and reboot. Thanks, it would appear that my basic problem is that MythBuntu 9.10 uses grub-pc aka Grub 2. Unfortuately the Grub PC install procedure likes to trash my 8mb boot partition with Bootitng and the EMBR I need to find out how I can install this on my sda8 volume without changing the main MBR or EMBR -- Michael Chare
From: Geoffrey Clements on 6 Nov 2009 04:56 "Michael Chare" <MunderscoreNEWS(a)chareDOTorg.uk> wrote in message news:lv6dnelh6PiP0G7XnZ2dnUVZ7sydnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > "Geoffrey Clements" <geoffrey.clementsNO(a)SPAMbaesystems.com> wrote in > message news:4af3191b$1_1(a)glkas0286.greenlnk.net... [snip] >> >> Assuming you're using grub version < 1.00 >> >> Boot into MythBuntu and become root, type "grub" at the prompt and do the >> following: >> grub> root (hd0,7) >> grub> setup (hd0,7) >> >> Then quit grub and reboot. > > > Thanks, it would appear that my basic problem is that MythBuntu 9.10 uses > grub-pc aka Grub 2. > > Unfortuately the Grub PC install procedure likes to trash my 8mb boot > partition with Bootitng and the EMBR > I need to find out how I can install this on my sda8 volume without > changing the main MBR or EMBR > mmm - maybe the following words from http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnX86 are relevant: You can also install GRUB 2 into a real system by grub-install. The usage is very similar to the grub-install in GRUB Legacy. But, beware GRUB 2 counts partitions from 1 and not from 0 like GRUB Legacy! So, increase the numbers. And, not like GRUB Legacy, it does not understand NTFS. -- Geoff
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