Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-15 Thread steef
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 also of

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-14 Thread Tom H
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 offers to install grub

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-14 Thread steef
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)

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-14 Thread steef
Tom H schreef: On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 4:25 AM, steef wrote: Tom H schreef: On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:46 PM, steefwrote: 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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-13 Thread Tom H
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-13 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:35:22 +0100, steef wrote: > Camaleón schreef: >> "Mounting" is different than "booting", so, what kind of error are you >> experiencing that involves GRUB2 and mounting? Moreover, how can a >> bootloader interfere in mounting a partition? :-? >> > >> >> > hi camaleón >

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-13 Thread steef
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Bob Proulx
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread steef
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Tom H
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

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Camaleón
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",

Re: grub 2 problems ??

2011-02-12 Thread Stephen Powell
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

Re: Grub 2

2010-01-09 Thread s. keeling
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

Re: Grub 2

2010-01-08 Thread Tixy
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

Re: Grub 2

2010-01-08 Thread Mark Allums
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

Re: Grub 2

2010-01-08 Thread 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 there first? The testing insta

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-04 Thread Tom H
>> 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

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-04 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
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

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-04 Thread Tom H
>> 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

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-03 Thread Rob Owens
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

Re: Grub 2 does not boot Squeeze, Error 15, Need help

2009-12-02 Thread Thierry Chatelet
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-27 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-27 Thread Alan Ianson
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-27 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Richard Lyons
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Brad Rogers
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Huub
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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Tony van der Hoff
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Huub
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? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? C

Re: GRUB 2 error

2008-02-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
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