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?
Thanks.
John
When you use the rescue CD, you should have choices for your detected installations. This might only work for Fedora installations for detection.
What you need to do is to chroot /mnt/sysimage into your detcted and selected OS and then make sure that your /boot partition is mounted. After you know that your boot partition is mounted, you should be able to run grub-install /dev/hda and the Fedora installation should be installed into the MBR as desired.
Another way would be to copy the boot stanza from the fedora /boot/grub/grub.conf file and paste this into the caos installation. Once you add this information into the caos grub file, you can reboot into the Fedora installation and run the grub-install /dev/hda command. This should boot into Fedora Grub on your next boot.
If you have the same boot partition for all installations, the information was probably overwritten. Hopefully, there is a backup of the earlier grub.conf file.
I'm not familiar with CAOS or with how you set up the partition scheme. This might give you some ideas.
grub can be installed to the primary partitions for many different installations that have their own boot partition or within the mbr. You might need to read the info and man pages for specifics related to your scheme used on your system.
Jim
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