Re: GRUB problem
If having multiple partitions is the problem or part
of the problem, how do I make /dev/hda2 bootable and
make the others not bootable? Is that the only thing
that needs to be done in addition to the other steps?
--- Art Edwards <edwardsa@icantbelieveimdoingthis.com>
wrote:
> Jeremy Merritt wrote:
>
> >I have been having a problem getting my GRUB
> >bootloader to return on boot. No matter what I do,
> it
> >keeps going to XP. I consulted with other people on
> >this list and got some good input. But have run
> into a
> >dead end again. Can someone analyze these steps and
> >tell me what I'm doing wrong, or what I need to do
> to
> >get the GRUB menu to return the way it was when I
> >first installed Debian:
> >
> >Steps so far:
> >
> >1. Boot up with live CD (Knoppix)
> >2. Activate shell and go root
> >3. Mount /dev/hda5 as /mnt/hda5
> >4. chroot /mnt/hda5 /bin/bash
> >5. grub-install /dev/hda5 -- Reports successful
> >install but no results on bootup
> >
> >fdisk -l information (hda5=Mandrake, hdb2=Debian,
> >system is booting from hda1=XP):
> >
> >Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
> >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
> >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> >/dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS
> >/dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended
> >/dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83 Linux
> >/dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82 Linux swap
> >/dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83 Linux
> >
> >Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes
> >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders
> >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> >/dev/hdb1 1 3188 25607578+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
> >/dev/hdb2 * 3189 7298 33013575 83 Linux
> >/dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5 Extended
> >/dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82 Linux swap
> >
> >Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes
> >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders
> >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> >
> >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> >/dev/hdd1 * 1 3649 29310561 83 Linux
> >
> >
> >
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> From your listing, it seems that you have multiple
> bootable partitions.
> You should only have one. On hda, it seems that you
> are booting from the
> windoze partition, in which case, unless you have
> configured the XP
> boot-loader for linux, it will always boot into XP.
> If hda2 is / for the
> first linux system, I would make that bootable and
> run grub from there.
> I think you can also overwrite the MBR. I have a
> dual boot laptop with
> XP and debian. I overwrote the MBR and boot
> everything from GRUB.
>
> Art Edwards
>
>
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