Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-21 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 08:02:49AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: >> I have already installed windows xp and squeezei386 with grub in MBR. >> I would like install squeeze amd64 in other partition for multi boot. >> If I install grub in MBR while

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-21 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 08:02:49AM +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > I have already installed windows xp and squeezei386 with grub in MBR. > I would like install squeeze amd64 in other partition for multi boot. > If I install grub in MBR while installing squeezeamd64, then how do I > boot squeezei386 as i

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-21 Thread Joe
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:56:07 +0530 L V Gandhi wrote: > > thanks. what I am doubting is not about finding other OSes while > installing new OS squeezeamd64, but about the squeezei386 whose grub > is now in MBR. When I install new squeezeamd64 if it over writes MBR, > then old squeeze will become

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-21 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 21/07/12 10:26, L V Gandhi wrote: On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Shane Johnson wrote: The os-prober program will find the different OS's on the separate partitions or Volumes and add them to grub.cfg when you run the update-grub command or the OS runs it. I have yet to see it not find the

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-21 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:02:49 +0530, L V Gandhi wrote: > I have already installed windows xp and squeezei386 with grub in MBR. I > would like install squeeze amd64 in other partition for multi boot. If I > install grub in MBR while installing squeezeamd64, then how do I boot > squeezei386 as its bo

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-21 Thread L V Gandhi
On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:36 AM, Shane Johnson wrote: > The os-prober program will find the different OS's on the separate > partitions or Volumes and add them to grub.cfg when you run the update-grub > command or the OS runs it. I have yet to see it not find them and add > them(it usually adds o

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-20 Thread Shane Johnson
Please make sure to reply-all on your responses so they hit the list. I have included it in the CC for this message. Thanks Shane On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 9:33 PM, vykuntam srinivas < vykuntamsrini...@gmail.com> wrote: > this may help you: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Boot-Repair > > On

Re: Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-20 Thread Shane Johnson
The os-prober program will find the different OS's on the separate partitions or Volumes and add them to grub.cfg when you run the update-grub command or the OS runs it. I have yet to see it not find them and add them(it usually adds ones you don't necessarily don't want like restore partitions.)

Problems of Second writing of MBR with GRUB

2012-07-20 Thread L V Gandhi
I have already installed windows xp and squeezei386 with grub in MBR. I would like install squeeze amd64 in other partition for multi boot. If I install grub in MBR while installing squeezeamd64, then how do I boot squeezei386 as its boot info is not in its partition boot sector. How should I go a