Re: GRUB2 and Windows
On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:01:50 -0600
"Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/19/07, Travis Crook <travis@visionsbeyond.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:39:36 -0600
> > Travis Crook <travis@visionsbeyond.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:16:06 -0600
> > > "Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 7/19/07, Travis Crook <travis@visionsbeyond.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:16:27 -0600
> > > > > "Javier Vasquez" <jevv.cr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > <snip>>
> > > > If you modified the header script, then I'm kind of clueless,
> > > > becasue that was affecting me big time, and after removing such
> > > > thing everything went OK when performing update-grub (still the
> > > > same command to regenerate the menu, now grub.conf).
> > > >
> > > > Now the other thing... Grub 2 now went back to partitions
> > > > starting at 1 instead of 0. In my case the windows partition
> > > > is the 2nd primary one, because the 1st one is used by the
> > > > hibernation raw dell partition. So in my case the windows
> > > > partition is 2 for grub as well. If windows were placed in the
> > > > 1st partition, then the partition number for grub should be 1
> > > > instead. The later is the most common configuration, having
> > > > windows as the main 1st partition. The devices kept the same
> > > > numbering though, so the master disk will be ususally hd0...
> > > >
> > > > The failure most likely indicates your suffering from partition
> > > > numbering. But 1st make sure you took care of the root thing...
> > > >
> > >
> > > I have tried several different partition numbers, especially 1
> > > since that is the partition that Windows resides on. I'll attach
> > > my files so you can see if I'm missing something.
> >
> >
> > Maybe something else to think about is that I'm currently running
> > Lenny, but added repositories for Sid to update Grub2 (only).
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Travis Crook
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> >
>
> Hmm,
>
> The numbering is OK, it should be 1, if your windows partition is the
> 1st primary one.
>
> The only thing I can think of, is that I'm running on intel, and
> you're running on amd apparently. I imagine the binaries are
> different, but beyond that the versions seem OK [1] [2]. But that's
> my last desperate guess. Maybe someone else might try to provide
> input for either processor, and confirm is things work for him/her. I
> can just confirm things work for me with the work around indicated...
>
> [1]
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=grub&searchon=names&subword=1&version=unstable&release=all
> [2] http://packages.debian.org/unstable/admin/grub-pc
Okay, thanks a bunch! This at least gets me going in the right
direction.
>
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