Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-19 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Op Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:28:11 -0400 Frank wrote: > I've been using Debian for years but this Grub stuff is above me ! There's an article about Grub at newbie level that might interest you. www.tuxmagazine.com , click 'Download' at the right side, download issue #8 and read pages 31 through 38: 'Giv

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-19 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 01:28:11PM -0400, Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > Also, it sounds like grub looks for its menu.lst on hda3. If that's > > the case, you'll want to change it before you wipe hda3 to install a > > new distribution. > > > > Daniel

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-19 Thread Frank
Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 06:21:52PM +0200, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: >> 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say >>> again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which u

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-19 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 06:21:52PM +0200, Dotan Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say > > again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not > > Grub. I'

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-19 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 03:15:49AM +0200, Michael Wagner wrote: > * Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18.10.2008 > > > This is for grub package /boot/grub/menu.lst. If you are installing > > grub-pc, you have /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > > > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux" { > > set root=(hd0,1) >

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Michael Wagner
* Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 18.10.2008 > This is for grub package /boot/grub/menu.lst. If you are installing > grub-pc, you have /boot/grub/grub.cfg > > menuentry "Debian GNU/Linux" { > set root=(hd0,1) > linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 ro > initrd /initrd.img > } He

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/10/18 Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Dotan Cohen wrote: >> 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say >>> again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not >>> Grub. I'm asking whether Lilo will screw

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Koh Choon Lin
>> 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say >>> again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not >>> Grub. I'm asking whether Lilo will screw up Grub. I don't know whether >>> the install will give me

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Frank
Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say >> again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not >> Grub. I'm asking whether Lilo will screw up Grub. I don't know whether >> the install

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am not installing Ubuntu - it's already installed on hda3. I say > again I want to install another Linux on hda3 which uses Lilo...not > Grub. I'm asking whether Lilo will screw up Grub. I don't know whether > the install will give me the option

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dotan Cohen wrote: > 2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I am running two distributions on my machine...Sid on hda1 and another >> (Ubuntu) on hda3. Grub seems to boot from hda3...as I have to copy Grubs >> menu.lst to hda3 every time Si

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 04:01:35PM +0200, Cubells wrote: > En/na Frank McCormick ha escrit: >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> >> I am running two distributions on my machine...Sid on hda1 and another >> (Ubuntu) on hda3. Grub seems to boot from hda3...as I have to copy Grubs

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Cubells
En/na Frank McCormick ha escrit: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am running two distributions on my machine...Sid on hda1 and another (Ubuntu) on hda3. Grub seems to boot from hda3...as I have to copy Grubs menu.lst to hda3 every time Sid's kernel gets updated. (I don't remember

Re: Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Dotan Cohen
2008/10/18 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I am running two distributions on my machine...Sid on hda1 and another > (Ubuntu) on hda3. Grub seems to boot from hda3...as I have to copy Grubs > menu.lst to hda3 every time Sid's kernel gets updated. (I don't remember > where I installed Grub..it

Grub dilemma

2008-10-18 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am running two distributions on my machine...Sid on hda1 and another (Ubuntu) on hda3. Grub seems to boot from hda3...as I have to copy Grubs menu.lst to hda3 every time Sid's kernel gets updated. (I don't remember where I installed Grub..it was a l