I have an extra partition that I use to test other distributions. My
normal procedure is install but not let the new OS install grub. I
then manually modify my FC3 grub.conf. I didn't do this with an
installation of caos so now when I boot I'm using the grub.conf on the
caos partition. I don't want this as FC3 is my main OS. I tried using
FC3 rescue to reinstall grub to /dev/hda but that doesn't do the job. So what determines which grub.conf the system uses and how do I change
that?
You probably need to specify where things are by hand. Assuming you don't have separate /boot partitition, and that your root is on first disk, first partition, just type grub, and on command line enter something like this (as one line):
install --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/grub.conf
If your /boot is somewhere else, change parameters accordingly. If /boot is separate patition, leave /boot on first parameter, and remove it from all others (all others are relative to partition specified in brackets). I'm not sure if you'll need to do this from chrooted env, or not (probably yes).
-- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7
