Re: GRUB location on Dual-Boot with TWO hard drives

[Joe Zien <jozien@comcast.net>]

Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-10-15 at 22:41 -0400, Joe Zien wrote:
> > debian squeeze does not use grub legacy.
> > I would suggest you try mepis 11  and install grub legacy in the MBR.
> > It would automatically create menu.lst in /boot/grub and add all
> > operating systems
> > in menu.lst.
> It's no big deal to use another bootloader with Squeeze too. I bet mepis
> wouldn't automatically add all my Linux or it would add some Linux that
> aren't installed anymore. This is what those automations usually do on
> my computer. Because those auto-thingies already fail to handle a Linux
> only multi-boot, I suspect it won't be better for the OP's computer with
> non-Linux operating systems.
I have used mepis 11 as my default in sda7 and it never failed to
recognize all distros and all windows including win 7.

I have a separate partition, sda8, not my default, that I installed mep 
11 in the MBR every time I install a new distros, that way mep 11 finds 
all new distros.
I use the new menu.lst created and copy the new menu.lst to my default 
at sda7
and install grub legacy in MBR.
This seems like a lot of work but it always works for me.

You can install grub legacy to the MBR:

# grub
   >root (hd0,6)   (my default at sda7)
   >setup (hd0)   (this is the MBR)
    >quit

jozien