On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 7:47 AM, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
>>
>> menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, avec Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 [...]
>
> GRUB_DEFAULT takes a menu, not a title.
You can use a title too.
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UB_DEFAULT=N" in "/etc/default/grub" where N is the number
of the menuentry of the kernel that you want to boot (where the first
is 0 not 1) and run "update-grub".
2) Set "GRUB_DEFAULT=saved" and "GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true", run
"update-grub&qu
On 08/11/2012 13:50, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 12:47:28PM +, Darac Marjal wrote:
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
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If you don't want to boot the previous kernel, but a specific one
(known to work), cat the /boot/grub/grub.cfg
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 12:47:28PM +, Darac Marjal wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
> [cut]
> >
> >
> > If you don't want to boot the previous kernel, but a specific one
> > (known to work), cat the /boot/grub/grub.cfg and locate the entry of
On Thu, Nov 08, 2012 at 01:40:37PM +0100, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
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>
>
> If you don't want to boot the previous kernel, but a specific one
> (known to work), cat the /boot/grub/grub.cfg and locate the entry of
> the kernel you want as a default. What you want is the part
> immediatel
On 08/11/2012 11:25, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:58:03 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
Thank you! I hadn't found references to /etc/grub/40.
I already corrected that, but for the sake of future references the
correct path is: /etc/grub.d/
Yes, sorry. I now (I hope!) u
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:58:03 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
> > Thank you! I hadn't found references to /etc/grub/40.
>
> I already corrected that, but for the sake of future references the
> correct path is: /etc/grub.d/
Yes, sorry. I now (I hope!) understand the principle, but not th
On 08/11/2012 09:39, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:23:59 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote:
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And yes, the two kernels where GRUB is installed. I simply can't see any
menu there, so how do I alter the menu order? I'll put the
/etc.
On Thursday 08 November 2012 08:23:59 tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
> On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote:
> >> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >>> As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file,
>
On 08/11/2012 09:23, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote:
On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote:
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file,
then i have to edit /etc/defaul
On 08/11/2012 09:01, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote:
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file,
then i have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the
kernels in
On Thursday 08 November 2012 05:02:23 Tom H wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file,
> > then i have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the
> > kernels in GRUB, but I can't see any ke
On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, then i
> have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the kernels in
> GRUB, but I can't see any kernels at all in /etc/default/grub. (See below.)
> So how
On Wed 07 Nov 2012 at 22:55:26 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, then i
> have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the kernels in
> GRUB, but I can't see any kernels at all in /etc/default/grub. (See below.)
> S
Hi,
I also look into the files in /etc/grub.d/
There is a README file there that says something about the order of
kernels, perhaps it helps. (I just change the 30_osprober)
Bandarra
On 07-11-2012 22:55, Lisi Reisz wrote:
As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file
As I understand the GRUB manual, if I want to change the config file, then i
have to edit /etc/default/grub. I want to change the order of the kernels in
GRUB, but I can't see any kernels at all in /etc/default/grub. (See below.)
So how do I boot from the earlier kernel? I must have misundersto
Tom H schreef:
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM, steef wrote:
exprt install of squeeze makes it possible to install the grub(2) package
*and not* to put the bootloader in the mbr of [each] disk or of course
elsewhere like a partition.
I'm pretty sure that the standard install
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM, steef wrote:
>
> exprt install of squeeze makes it possible to install the grub(2) package
> *and not* to put the bootloader in the mbr of [each] disk or of course
> elsewhere like a partition.
I'm pretty sure that the standard install also
hi bob, took aome time before i could answer you (family to take care of).
i try out your suggestions on a spare machine with two hd's (pata). i
let you know if it works.
thank you for your answer.
kind regards,
steef
Bob Proulx schreef:
steef wrote:
for years (from potato/woody on)
a86f74f8858 /mnt/sdc1 ext3user0
0
How did you install grub on the three disks?
Could you download
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bootinfoscript/
and post its output on pastebin.com?
exprt install of squeeze makes it possible to install the grub(2)
package *and not* to pu
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:25 AM, steef wrote:
> Tom H schreef:
>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steef wrote:
>>>
>>> steef@squeeze:~$ sudo os-prober
>>> [sudo] password for steef:
>>> Sorry, try again.
>>> [sudo] password for steef:
>>> /dev/sdb1:Debian GNU/Linux (6.0):Debian:linux
>>> /dev/sd
hout a solution i have to put lilo after years in working order
> again. i do not see any progression in this; with due respect to all the
> work of the developers put in grub2.
>
> i am sorry i was not clear enough. i hope i made myself clearer now.
I'm still a bit
Tom H schreef:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steef wrote:
Tom H schreef:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote:
for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
(independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
and/or
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steef wrote:
> Tom H schreef:
>> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote:
>>>
>>> for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
>>> (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
>>> and/or gentoo) from one s
Tom H schreef:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote:
for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
(independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx,
mnt/sdy et
Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. schreef:
In<4d56a6be.9070...@home.nl>, steef wrote:
with grub2 as bootloader under squeeze i cannot mount other hd's anymore
when independently on the *other* hd' s a bootloader (grub2) in the mbr
is installed. without installing grub2 in the mbr of a sata-hd the hd on
Tom H schreef:
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote:
for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
(independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx,
mnt/sdy et
Camaleón schreef:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:26:54 +0100, steef wrote:
(...)
my question: what do i miss if anything? or is this normal for the new
grub? is there anything to do about this? has this got to do with
UUID-numbers?
I'm not sure to have understood it at all.
"Mounting" is d
steef wrote:
> for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my
> machine (independently installed from each other with debian,
> somtimes slackware and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after
> the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy etc. and in fstab /dev/sdx
> /mnt/sdx ext3 user
Stephen Powell schreef:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:26:54 -0500 (EST), steef wrote:
for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
(independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir
/mn
In <4d56a6be.9070...@home.nl>, steef wrote:
>with grub2 as bootloader under squeeze i cannot mount other hd's anymore
>when independently on the *other* hd' s a bootloader (grub2) in the mbr
>is installed. without installing grub2 in the mbr of a sata-hd the hd on
>which i am mounting *does* recogn
On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 10:26 AM, steef wrote:
>
> for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
> (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
> and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir /mnt/sdx,
> mnt/sdy etc. and in f
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:26:54 +0100, steef wrote:
(...)
> my question: what do i miss if anything? or is this normal for the new
> grub? is there anything to do about this? has this got to do with
> UUID-numbers?
I'm not sure to have understood it at all.
"Mounting" is different than "booting",
On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:26:54 -0500 (EST), steef wrote:
>
> for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
> (independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
> and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir
> /mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy et
hi list,
for years (from potato/woody on) i have mounted 3 hd' s in my machine
(independently installed from each other with debian, somtimes slackware
and/or gentoo) from one specific hd with/after the command #mkdir
/mnt/sdx, mnt/sdy etc. and in fstab /dev/sdx /mnt/sdx ext3 user 0 0
&&
amd64 from a netinst CD
> using the text-based expert installer option. I set up my disks with
> software RAID1. When I came to the part of the install to put on
> GRUB it displayed the following message:
>
> "GRUB 2 is the next generation of GNU GRUB. It has interes
following message:
>
> "GRUB 2 is the next generation of GNU GRUB. It has interesting new
> features but is still experimental software. If you choose to
> install it, you should be prepared for breakage, and have an idea on
> how to recover your system if it becomes unbootable
I'm doing a fresh install of Squeeze RC1 on amd64 from a netinst CD
using the text-based expert installer option. I set up my disks with
software RAID1. When I came to the part of the install to put on GRUB it
displayed the following message:
"GRUB 2 is the next generation of GNU GR
On 2010-06-04 15:22 +0200, Kent West wrote:
> On 06/03/2010 04:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
>> On 2010-06-03 22:49 +0200, Kent West wrote:
>>
>>
>>> When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
>>> quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the
>>> right
Kent West wrote:
On 06/03/2010 04:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2010-06-03 22:49 +0200, Kent West wrote:
When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the
right and bottom of my viewable area, and leaving my
On 06/03/2010 04:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2010-06-03 22:49 +0200, Kent West wrote:
When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the
right and bottom of my viewable area, and leaving my viewable area too
On 06/03/2010 04:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2010-06-03 22:49 +0200, Kent West wrote:
When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the
right and bottom of my viewable area, and leaving my viewable area too
On 06/03/2010 04:10 PM, Sven Joachim wrote:
On 2010-06-03 22:49 +0200, Kent West wrote:
When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the
right and bottom of my viewable area, and leaving my viewable area too
On 2010-06-03 22:49 +0200, Kent West wrote:
> When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
> quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the
> right and bottom of my viewable area, and leaving my viewable area too
> small to be very usable. It's like the res
When I boot 2.6.32 using grub2, my display is only in the top left
quadrant of my monitor, leaving a huge unusable border around the right
and bottom of my viewable area, and leaving my viewable area too small
to be very usable. It's like the resolution is locked at something
small, like 320x18
Tixy :
> On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 12:33 +, James Allsopp wrote:
>
> > Problem is, I want to use grub2 as the first thing I'm going to do
> > is upgrade to debian testing, which uses this.
>
>
> Is there a reason for not just installing Debian Testing rather than
> trying to get Lenny on ther
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 13:24 +, James Allsopp wrote:
> I looked for that install but it seemed to take me back to the penny
> install site, i'll look again, Jim
Look for the 'netinst' iso at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
I've used that method several times to install Testing
On 1/8/2010 7:15 AM, Tixy wrote:
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 12:33 +, James Allsopp wrote:
Problem is, I want to use grub2 as the first thing I'm going to do
is upgrade to debian testing, which uses this.
Is there a reason for not just installing Debian Testing rather than
trying to get Lenny
On Fri, 2010-01-08 at 12:33 +, James Allsopp wrote:
> Problem is, I want to use grub2 as the first thing I'm going to do
> is upgrade to debian testing, which uses this.
Is there a reason for not just installing Debian Testing rather than
trying to get Lenny on there first? The testing insta
Hi,
I'm trying to install Debian Lenny on a new computer. I've only one IDE
port so I've put an old 120GB drive as master and a cd rom as slave. The
IDE is only really going to be used to store virtual oses on, and may
disappear at some point.
The main drives are 2x1Tb SATA drives, which has 300mb
>> SGD only works with grub legacy.
> SGD works with grub2 since 1.21 (for sure, maybe before that), grub
> "legacy" edition is now deprecated (but still available). SGD is also
> now included in boot menu of SystemRescueCD and PartedMagic maintenance
> live-cd.
My mistake. Checked the home page
Tom H wrote:
>>> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
>>> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
>>> grub2.
>
>>> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
>>> present even while logged in as root.
>
>>> So, I ra
>> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
>> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
>> grub2.
>> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
>> present even while logged in as root.
>> So, I ran upgrade-from-grub-leg
On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:55:14AM +0530, Foss User wrote:
> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
> grub2.
>
> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
> present even whil
On Wednesday 02 December 2009 20:25:14 Foss User wrote:
> I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
> chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
> grub2.
>
> So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
> present even while l
I am using Squeeze. I booted successfully many times using the
chainloaded grub2. So, I thought it would be safe to replace grub with
grub2.
So, I tried running update-from-grub-legacy but this command was not
present even while logged in as root.
So, I ran upgrade-from-grub-legacy and now I am u
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 01:00:07PM -0800, Alan Ianson wrote:
> booting more than 1 linux system. Lilo will do this but all the kernels
> need to be in the same /boot directory,
no, the kernels (and initrds) can be wherever you want provided that
they are in filesystems which are mounted at the ti
Movib=g further off-topic, I've never understood why people use GRUB.
LILO
seems so much lighter weight to achieve the same effect.
Can anybody enlighten me?
Lilo has always worked well for me. I find grub easier to use when
booting more than 1 linux system. Lilo will do this but all the ke
Tony van der Hoff wrote:
On 26 Feb at 12:36 Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Huub wrote:
You did not make a rescue CD or Floppy?
I can boot into Rescue mode from DVD. I managed to restore a Fedora
machine by booting into Rescue mode from DVD, so I fig
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:44:29PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> Movib=g further off-topic, I've never understood why people use GRUB. LILO
> seems so much lighter weight to achieve the same effect.
You mean the functionality of exploring the contents of your file
systems through tab complet
Huub wrote:
I can boot into Rescue mode from DVD. I managed to restore a Fedora
machine by booting into Rescue mode from DVD, so I figure Debian can do
the same. Or not?
Yes you can! If you have a separate /boot partition, then after booting
in rescue mode mount your /boot partition at /b
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 12:44:29PM +, Tony van der Hoff wrote:
[...]
> Movib=g further off-topic, I've never understood why people use GRUB. LILO
> seems so much lighter weight to achieve the same effect.
>
> Can anybody enlighten me?
I keep asking myself the same question. I suppose the p
On Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:44:29 +
Tony van der Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hello Tony,
> Movib=g further off-topic, I've never understood why people use GRUB.
> LILO seems so much lighter weight to achieve the same effect.
For me, it was because I kept forgetting to run LILO whenever I cha
Movib=g further off-topic, I've never understood why people use GRUB. LILO
seems so much lighter weight to achieve the same effect.
Can anybody enlighten me?
It's not GRUB2. It's GRUB, error 2. And I can't enlighten you because
GRUB got installed by default.
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On 26 Feb at 12:36 Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Huub wrote:
>>>
> > > You did not make a rescue CD or Floppy?
>>>
>>>
>>
> > I can boot into Rescue mode from DVD. I managed to restore a Fedora
> > machine by booting into Rescue mode from DVD, so I fig
Huub wrote:
You did not make a rescue CD or Floppy?
I can boot into Rescue mode from DVD. I managed to restore a Fedora
machine by booting into Rescue mode from DVD, so I figure Debian can do
the same. Or not?
I only tried GRUB2 once and went back to GRUB because I could not get it
t
You did not make a rescue CD or Floppy?
I can boot into Rescue mode from DVD. I managed to restore a Fedora
machine by booting into Rescue mode from DVD, so I figure Debian can do
the same. Or not?
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Huub wrote:
Hi,
My AthlonXP running Debian Etch, had a spontaneous reboot and now shows
Grub error 2. I can't edit menu.lst because all I get is:
GRUB Loading stage1.5
GRUB loading
Error 2.
I can't even press Esc to edit the boot menu.
I booted into rescue mode, but now grub is only o
Hi,
My AthlonXP running Debian Etch, had a spontaneous reboot and now shows
Grub error 2. I can't edit menu.lst because all I get is:
GRUB Loading stage1.5
GRUB loading
Error 2.
I can't even press Esc to edit the boot menu.
I booted into rescue mode, but now grub is only on dvd. Unless
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