<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Al Sparks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:data345@yahoo.com">data345@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
--- On Mon, 9/1/08, Sadaruwan Samaraweera <<a href="mailto:slinuxworld@gmail.com">slinuxworld@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> From: Sadaruwan Samaraweera <<a href="mailto:slinuxworld@gmail.com">slinuxworld@gmail.com</a>><br>
<div class="Ih2E3d">> Subject: Re: [CentOS] I need help with GRUB<br>
> To: "CentOS mailing list" <<a href="mailto:centos@centos.org">centos@centos.org</a>><br>
</div>> Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 9:36 PM<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 4:14 AM, Al Sparks<br>
> <<a href="mailto:data345@yahoo.com">data345@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> > --- On Mon, 9/1/08, Lanny Marcus<br>
> <<a href="mailto:lmmailinglists@gmail.com">lmmailinglists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > From: Lanny Marcus<br>
> <<a href="mailto:lmmailinglists@gmail.com">lmmailinglists@gmail.com</a>><br>
> > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] I need help with GRUB<br>
> > > To: "CentOS mailing list"<br>
> <<a href="mailto:centos@centos.org">centos@centos.org</a>><br>
> > > Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 9:53 AM<br>
> > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 11:31 PM, Sadaruwan<br>
> Samaraweera<br>
> > > <<a href="mailto:slinuxworld@gmail.com">slinuxworld@gmail.com</a>> wrote:><br>
> > > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Ian Forde<br>
> > > <<a href="mailto:ian@duckland.org">ian@duckland.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 09:47 +0530,<br>
> Sadaruwan<br>
> > > Samaraweera wrote:<br>
> > > >> > Hello,<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> > And the problem that I'm<br>
> having is<br>
> > > with my two Linux distros. Ive<br>
> > > >> > installed CentOS & Windows in<br>
> my SATA HDD<br>
> > > and I've used my complete<br>
> > > >> > 40GB PATA HDD for Ubuntu. Well all<br>
> OS's<br>
> > > work fine with out any<br>
> > > >> > problems but when I want to boot<br>
> into CentOS<br>
> > > I've to select the SATA<br>
> > > >> > as my booting HDD from the BIOS if<br>
> I want to<br>
> > > go to Ubuntu the I've to<br>
> > > >> > select my PATA as the default HDD<br>
> from the<br>
> > > menu. So what I want to do<br>
> > > >> > is I need to add Both distros in to<br>
> one GRUB<br>
> > > boot loader and the other<br>
> > > >> > thing is that both grubs that<br>
> I've on<br>
> > > both HDD s only detects the<br>
> > > >> > windows Partition not the Linux<br>
> partion. So I<br>
> > > need to to know how to<br>
> > > >> > add bothe Linux versions I've<br>
> into one<br>
> > > GRUB. I want to use the SATA<br>
> > > >> > HDD as my default HDD.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > > >> You'll want to merge the grub boot<br>
> stanzas<br>
> > > into one file, apply it to<br>
> > > >> one (or both) of the drives, and keep it<br>
> in sync<br>
> > > when you do kernel<br>
> > > >> updates (because those affect the grub<br>
> menu)...<br>
> > > This way, you won't have<br>
> > > >> to change the BIOS setting.<br>
> > > >><br>
> > ><br>
> > > > OK, thx for the quick reply but I realy<br>
> don't know<br>
> > > how to do that can any<br>
> > > > one help on that note.<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Possibly what you need to do is add another entry<br>
> in your<br>
> > > /etc/grub.conf file, on the HD you boot from.<br>
> Below is<br>
> > > mine.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > [lanny@dell2400 ~]$ sudo cat /etc/grub.conf<br>
> > > Password:<br>
> > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda<br>
> > > #<br>
> > > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after<br>
> making<br>
> > > changes to this file<br>
> > > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This<br>
> means that<br>
> > > # all kernel and initrd paths are<br>
> relative to<br>
> > > /boot/, eg.<br>
> > > # root (hd0,2)<br>
> > > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro<br>
> > > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00<br>
> > > # initrd /initrd-version.img<br>
> > > #boot=/dev/hda<br>
> > > default=0<br>
> > > timeout=5<br>
> > > splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz<br>
> > > hiddenmenu<br>
> > > title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.10.el5)<br>
> > > root (hd0,2)<br>
> > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 ro<br>
> > > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet<br>
> > > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.img<br>
> acpi=off<br>
> > > title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.6.el5)<br>
> > > root (hd0,2)<br>
> > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5 ro<br>
> > > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet<br>
> > > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.6.el5.img<br>
> acpi=off<br>
> > > title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.1.el5)<br>
> > > root (hd0,2)<br>
> > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 ro<br>
> > > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet<br>
> > > initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5.img<br>
> acpi=off<br>
> > > title Windows XP<br>
> > > rootnoverify (hd0,0)<br>
> > > chainloader +1<br>
> > > [lanny@dell2400 ~]$<br>
> > > _______________________________________________<br>
> > > CentOS mailing list<br>
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> ><br>
> ><br>
> > It's handy that someone posted their grub file.<br>
> ><br>
> > The answer to your question/situation might be<br>
> complicated by the fact that<br>
> > you use you have been changing your boot up disk in<br>
> your BIOS.<br>
> ><br>
> > But the thing to look for in your grub.conf file is:<br>
> ><br>
> > > title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.1.el5)<br>
> > > root (hd0,2)<br>
> > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.1.el5 ro<br>
> ><br>
> > Note that this example includes an entry for a hard<br>
> drive:<br>
> ><br>
> > > root (hd0,2)<br>
> ><br>
> > That entry points to the "first" hard drive,<br>
> third partition. If you<br>
> > have 2 hard drives, and you wanted to boot off the<br>
> "second" drive<br>
> > first partition, you might use:<br>
> > root (hd1,0)<br>
> ><br>
> > You basically want to look at the grub configuration<br>
> for each OS on<br>
> > each hard drive you installed it on, and in<br>
> consolidating them, "cut<br>
> > and paste" entries from what you want to be your<br>
> secondary drive to<br>
> > your primary boot drive.<br>
> ><br>
> > Again, this is only using the above grub.conf as an<br>
> example. If you<br>
> > have SCSI hard drives instead then probably the<br>
> grub.conf will show<br>
> > something like:<br>
> > root (sd0,2)<br>
> ><br>
> > So it's important to look at your grub.conf and<br>
> make modifications.<br>
> ><br>
> > Hope this helps. If you want more specific advice,<br>
> then post BOTH<br>
> > grub.conf files, and tell us which one will be from<br>
> what you want to<br>
> > be your secondary drive, and what you want to be your<br>
> primary drive<br>
> > (in BIOS).<br>
> > === Al<br>
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> ><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Sadaruwan Samaraweera<br>
><br>
><br>
> Hi,<br>
><br>
> Thank you very much for responding for my plea for<br>
> help and after<br>
> some painful hours of search and going through some forums<br>
> I got what I want<br>
> and it's working now here is my grub.conf on the SATA<br>
> drive which I wanted<br>
> to be my primary booting drive.<br>
><br>
><br>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda<br>
> #<br>
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making<br>
> changes to this file<br>
> # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that<br>
> # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to<br>
> /boot/, eg.<br>
> # root (hd0,6)<br>
> # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro<br>
> root=/dev/VL1/LogVol00<br>
> # initrd /initrd-version.img<br>
> #boot=/dev/sda<br>
> default=0<br>
> timeout=5<br>
> splashimage=(hd0,6)/grub/splash.xpm.gz<br>
> hiddenmenu<br>
> title CentOS (2.6.18-92.1.10.el5)<br>
> root (hd0,6)<br>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 ro<br>
> root=/dev/VL1/LogVol00 rhgb quiet<br>
> initrd /initrd-2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.img<br>
> title CentOS (2.6.18-92.el5)<br>
> root (hd0,6)<br>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-92.el5 ro root=/dev/VL1/LogVol00<br>
> rhgb quiet<br>
> initr /initrd-2.6.18-92.el5.img<br>
> title Ubuntu<br>
> rootnoverify (hd1,0)<br>
> chainloader +1<br>
> title WindowsXP SP2<br>
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)<br>
> chainloader +1<br>
><br>
> If there's anything wrong with this please let me know.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
> Sadaruwan Samaraweera<br>
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</div></div>If it works, great. I see that you do reference "hd1" on one of your<br>
boot choices.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> === Al<br>
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</div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Sadaruwan Samaraweera<br><br><br> see that you do reference "hd1" on one of your<br>
boot choices.<br><br>Hi,<br><br>Yes, Thats the one with my ubuntu installations.<br><br>Regards<br>Sadaruwan<br>
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