Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2011-01-06 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 15:45:38 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 08 December 2010 19:04:36 Camaleón wrote: >> > Lenny uses grub 1. I think that it is called grub-legacy in Squeeze, >> > but am not sure. >> >> Hum... are you sure? :-? >> >> IIRC, last time I installed lenny the default option was s

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2011-01-06 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 08 December 2010 19:04:36 Camaleón wrote: > On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:58:02 +, Lisi wrote: > > On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:47:19 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >> sudo update-grub should do the trick. With grub2 the configuration file > >> (grub.cfg) should not be edited by hand; i

Re: sudo command not necessary (was Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive)

2010-12-16 Thread shawn wilson
> In fact: > r...@fischer:~# apt-cache show sudo > Package: sudo > Priority: optional > ... > > which means the sudo package isn't even installed by default. Imagine > you are new to Debian, and manage to send a message to debian-user where > the advice: "sudo " is given. You try it, get command no

Re: sudo command not necessary (was Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive)

2010-12-16 Thread Tom H
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 6:36 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:52:23PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: >> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:48:52AM -0500, Doug wrote: >>> >>> I suspect it will work in any Linux, if you modify the sudoers file to add >> >> Right! *IF* you modify the su

sudo command not necessary (was Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive)

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:52:23PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:48:52AM -0500, Doug wrote: > > I suspect it will work in any Linux, if you modify the sudoers file to add > > Right! *IF* you modify the sudoers file. It does not work out of the box > as it does in Ubunt

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 03:48:52AM -0500, Doug wrote: > On 12/12/2010 11:03 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >They also do things differently in Ubuntu!! > >(sudo is an Ubuntu thing) > /snip/ > > I suspect it will work in any Linux, if you modify the sudoers file to add Right! *IF* you modify the su

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-13 Thread Doug
On 12/12/2010 11:03 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:43:17PM +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: On 08/12/2010 15:58, Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:47:19 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: sudo update-grub should do the trick. With grub2 the configuration file (grub.c

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:43:17PM +, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > On 08/12/2010 15:58, Lisi wrote: > >On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:47:19 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >>sudo update-grub should do the trick. With grub2 the configuration file > >>(grub.cfg) should not be edited by hand; it's

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-10 Thread Tom Furie
On 10/12/2010 11:42, Michael Fothergill wrote: I think the grub update idea might have worked. Now Windows boots when I start up the PC however, F8 allows me to alter the disk boot order using the BIOS and then the other disk fires up and I get GRUB which gives me a nice menu with the Debian a

help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear folks, Thanks for the suggestions here. In the end pressure to get the Windows installed fast meant I cheated and reinstalled Debian on the first drive. So I didn't run grub-update. Also I was so busy I didn't get time to read your emails before the great Lenny download and re-installatio

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-10 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear folks, Thanks for the suggestions here. In the end pressure to get the Windows installed fast meant I cheated and reinstalled Debian on the first drive. So I didn't run grub-update. Also I was so busy I didn't get time to read your emails before the great Lenny download and re-installatio

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 15:58:02 +, Lisi wrote: > On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:47:19 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: >> sudo update-grub should do the trick. With grub2 the configuration file >> (grub.cfg) should not be edited by hand; it's updated every time >> update-grub is run. > > Lenny uses

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 08/12/2010 15:58, Lisi wrote: On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:47:19 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: sudo update-grub should do the trick. With grub2 the configuration file (grub.cfg) should not be edited by hand; it's updated every time update-grub is run. Lenny uses grub 1. I think that it is

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 08 December 2010 15:47:19 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > sudo update-grub should do the trick. With grub2 the configuration file > (grub.cfg) should not be edited by hand; it's updated every time > update-grub is run. Lenny uses grub 1. I think that it is called grub-legacy in Squeeze,

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 08/12/2010 14:36, Michael Fothergill wrote: Dear Debian Folks, I think this query is better sent to this list not debian amd64 so I have relayed it here. I run Lenny AMD64 on an AMD64 box with 8GB RAM and have two SATA drives. The first drive has the Lenny on it. I installed the other

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Joe
On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:36:38 + Michael Fothergill wrote: > > I tried installing the Windows on the new disk but it wouldn't install > with the first drive present. It said it couldn't create or locate an > existing partition or something. The cure here according to > Windows folks seeme

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread godo
I tried installing the Windows on the new disk but it wouldn't install with the first drive present. It said it couldn't create or locate an existing partition or something. The cure here according to Windows folks seemed to be to disconnect the other drive (with the Linux on it) from the

Re: help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Tom H
On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > > title Windows 7 > map (sd0) (sd1) > map (sd1) (sd1) > rootnoverify (sd 0,0) > chainloader +1 Just looking at the above and not the rest of your email, I'd correct it as follows > title Windows 7 > map (hd0) (hd1) > map (hd1) (hd0) > ro

help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debian Folks, I think this query is better sent to this list not debian amd64 so I have relayed it here. I run Lenny AMD64 on an AMD64 box with 8GB RAM and have two SATA drives. The first drive has the Lenny on it. I installed the other drive the other day so I could put Windows 7 on

help getting grub to see Windows 7 on second drive

2010-12-08 Thread Michael Fothergill
Dear Debian Folks, I think this query is better sent to this list not debian amd64 so I have relayed it here. I run Lenny AMD64 on an AMD64 box with 8GB RAM and have two SATA drives. The first drive has the Lenny on it. I installed the other drive the other day so I could put Windows 7 on