Hi Greg, I read the Grub documentation to figure out what your map commands do. It was very well written!
My system now boots all operating systems, and thanks to you, I learned a lot about Grub in the process. Huzzah! Thank you so much!!! :-) Pete On Tue 10 Aug 04, 10:54 AM, Greg Folkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 10:20, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I have a triple boot system with three drives: > > > > * /dev/hda - 80 GB PATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hda5) > > * /dev/hde - 250 GB SATA drive with Win2k (root is /dev/hde1) > > * /dev/hdg - 200 GB SATA drive with Debian (root is /dev/hdg6) > > > > # compact > > boot=/dev/hda > > lba32 > > install=/boot/boot.b > > map=/boot/map > > prompt > > delay=30000 > > timeout=30000 > > vga=normal > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 > > root=/dev/hdg6 > > label=bleedinglinux > > read-only > > > > # Debian installed kernel > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-386 > > root=/dev/hdg6 > > label=newlinux > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-386 > > read-only > > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.7 > > root=/dev/hda5 > > label=pata_bleeding > > read-only > > > > # Debian installed kernel > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.26-1-386 > > root=/dev/hda5 > > label=pata_new > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-386 > > read-only > > > > other=/dev/hde1 > > label=win2k > > I use grub for the exact reasons you point out. You *CAN* recover grub > from a bad setup, without resorting to a boot disk. > > here is a good example of what I have found that works for me, with grub > (curses be that LILO, arrrr)(wait it isn't talk like a pirate day... > oops). These say WinXP, but are literally the same setup for W2K. > > Either one of these works for me: > > title WinXP hd0<->hd1+hd1 > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > > title WinXP 0x80<->0x81+hd1 > map (0x81) (0x80) > map (0x80) (0x81) > rootnoverify (hd1,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > Of course, now that we are getting into grub proper now, I suggest that > you do the "Right Thing"(tm). > > I "apt-get install grub". Then I "grub-install /dev/hda". I then make > sure no /boot/grub/menu.lst exists, then run update-grub. > > Then add the WinXP thingers at the end of the menu.lst. > > Read through the menu.lst, and be amazed. > > > > -- > greg, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The technology that is > Stronger, better, faster: Linux -- Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein GPG Instructions: http://www.dirac.org/linux/gpg GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
