[CentOS] I need help with GRUB

Wed Sep 3 09:01:21 UTC 2008
Sadaruwan Samaraweera <slinuxworld at gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:29 AM, Al Sparks <data345 at yahoo.com> wrote:

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


see that you do reference "hd1" on one of your
boot choices.

Hi,

Yes, Thats the one with my ubuntu installations.

Regards
Sadaruwan
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