Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 1:53 AM, Geronimo wrote: > > The point is, I have an external SATA-controller and disks change order too > much times. That means, I don't have reliable device order. > > So I put a label on each vital partition and mount them by using the label in > fstab. Works fine so far

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:45:15 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > > Camaleón wrote: >> Well, GRUB2 is having problems to boot from you current cloned >> partition but is fine installed under a brand-new one. Having a small >> dedicated "/ boot" partition will solve the issue (I hope!) and you can >>

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Geronimo
Hello, Camaleón wrote: > Well, GRUB2 is having problems to boot from you current cloned partition > but is fine installed under a brand-new one. Having a small dedicated "/ > boot" partition will solve the issue (I hope!) and you can then use the > remainder space for other OSes :-) Just to let y

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:11:52 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Then you can also think in making room for a small "/boot" partition >> O:-) > > Yes, doing so is not the problem. > > I only don't understand the benefit of doing so. I quite a deterministic > person - so if you can tell m

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Geronimo
Hello, Camaleón wrote: > Then you can also think in making room for a small "/boot" partition O:-) Yes, doing so is not the problem. I only don't understand the benefit of doing so. I quite a deterministic person - so if you can tell me a good reason, I will follow your plans. > Sorry, it's a

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:17:27 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> You can try to "chainload" the failed GRUB (boot from the GRUB that >> works and then call the GRUB that fails). Yes, I know you are planning >> to remove the new partition to make room for windows, but this is just >> for t

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Geronimo
Hello, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:27:02 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > > But I can't state, whether grub-install puts a wrong pointer into mbr or > > whether the drive order changed on reboot and grub is not able to > > resolve the target of that pointer. One of the three causes troubles.

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 06:27:02 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:53:56 +0100, Geronimo wrote: (...) >> "Installing GRUB" and "booting from GRUB" are two separate things :-) > > For sure! > > But as I don't know, which of it causes the trouble, I told you the > wh

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread Geronimo
Hello, Camaleón wrote: > On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:53:56 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > > Camaleón wrote: > >> Maybe you can look into Rescatux (SuperGrubDisk) and try to install > >> GRUB2 from there. At least with GRUB Legacy, SGD always worked fine for > >> me. > > > > Thank you for that hint. > > > >

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 07:53:56 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > Camaleón wrote: >> Maybe you can look into Rescatux (SuperGrubDisk) and try to install >> GRUB2 from there. At least with GRUB Legacy, SGD always worked fine for >> me. > > Thank you for that hint. > > I tried that CD, but the result did not

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread Geronimo
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Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 07/02/2011 09:54, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > >> tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: >> Hello, did you check (blkid, vol_id ...) that you don't have two >> partitions with the same UUID, since one is a "restored image" it's >> possible that it still has the original UUID, and grub is going to lo

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread Geronimo
Hello, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: > Hello, did you check (blkid, vol_id ...) that you don't have two > partitions with the same UUID, since one is a "restored image" it's > possible that it still has the original UUID, and grub is going to look > at UUID's first. > > My 2 cents... Good poin

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-07 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On the 07/02/2011 07:53, Geronimo wrote: > Hello, > > Camaleón wrote: >> On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:35:50 +0100, Geronimo wrote: >> >> (...) >> >>> The point is - the new system should be deleted - I want to install >>> windows to that partition. So I need to install grub2 on my restored >>> root part

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-06 Thread Geronimo
Hello, Camaleón wrote: > On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:35:50 +0100, Geronimo wrote: > > (...) > > > The point is - the new system should be deleted - I want to install > > windows to that partition. So I need to install grub2 on my restored > > root partition. But whatever I try - grub will not work wi

Re: weired problem around grub2

2011-02-06 Thread Camaleón
On Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:35:50 +0100, Geronimo wrote: (...) > The point is - the new system should be deleted - I want to install > windows to that partition. So I need to install grub2 on my restored > root partition. But whatever I try - grub will not work with that > partition. (...) Maybe you