On 07/18/2004 11:31:33 AM, Scott Talbot wrote:
> grub-install /dev/hda2
This should be /dev/hda, which is the mbr of the boot disk. grub-install knows where the /boot partition is, and will tell the boot process to find it when needed.
Scott
This might be true with one boot partition. for my setup grub would be quite surprised! :-)
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hdb6 7194780 4418172 2411132 65% /
/dev/hdb5 101086 7789 88078 9% /boot
The above two partitions are from an FC2 to FC3T1 install. Grub is installed on the mbr. (hdb5 is the boot partition for this setup
The two partitions below are a development version that I run of Fedora. The grub is installed on hda1. This is also on reiserfs
/dev/hda1 101086 8127 87740 9% /hda-boot
/dev/hda2 6192860 4925540 1267320 80% /hda-root
This is my multimedia pack edition running FC2 with "xine and friends". The grub version is installed on hdb1.
/dev/hdb1 101086 7609 88258 8% /hdb-boot
/dev/hdb2 19955836 12346124 6596012 66% /hdb-root
My grub.conf file looks like the below for the mbr version. This chainloads the proper version. I let each distribution take care of updating it's own grub version with package removal or additions. I don't have to do manual grub entries with this method.
If I ran the grub-install /dev/hda command, grub would be installed onto whichever version that I am running. This is what upgrading with anaconda does, if you do not manually walk through and adjust for each OS specific file setup.
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
password --md5 longjumbledpassword
title Fedora Core (2.6.6-1.435.2.3)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.6-1.435.2.3 ro root=LABEL=/1 3
initrd /initrd-2.6.6-1.435.2.3.img
title Fedora Core (2.6.7-1.492)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.7-1.492 ro root=LABEL=/1 acpi=on 3
initrd /initrd-2.6.7-1.492.img
title hda-1
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
title hdb-1
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1Just so you can get the picture as to the partitions. hdb3 contains my distribution that I boot from mbr (hdb5 and hdb6). I don't know how to chainload boot off of this partition, without installing it in mbr.
]# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 6448 MB, 6448619520 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 784 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda2 14 784 6193057+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/hdb: 30.7 GB, 30736613376 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3736 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 14 2537 20274030 83 Linux /dev/hdb3 2538 3460 7413997+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb4 3461 3736 2216970 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb5 2538 2550 104391 83 Linux /dev/hdb6 2551 3460 7309543+ 83 Linux
It is nice that grub-install is smart enough to know which partition is your /boot. I was not aware that /dev/hda would do anything other than install on grub on the mbr.
Later,
Jim -- More are taken in by hope than by cunning. -- Vauvenargues
