On Monday 22 March 2010, Michael Schwendt wrote: >On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:28:46 -0400, Gene wrote: >> >> So I booted normally to F10 & kernel 2.6.34-rc2, and I have now tried >> >> to add a chainloader stanza to my grub.conf here on /dev/sda1 that >> >> will cause it to reload grub from /dev/sdb1. >> >> >> >> Is anything missing? >> > >> >Two things. Confirmation that there really is a GRUB in /dev/sdb1's boot >> >sector and not in /dev/sdb's MBR. And you forgot to show what you added >> >to your F10's grub.conf. >> >> 1. I told it to put it in the MBR. > >That would be /dev/sdb = (hd1) and not /dev/sdb1 = (hd1,0). > >> The string 'GRUB' exists in the MBR, but >> there was a grub 2 install there prior from a mint8 install. >> >> 2.: >> #26 >> title Fedora 12 64 bit from sdb by chainloading >> rootnoverify (hd1,0) >> makeactive >> chainloader +1 > >The comment is wrong. It tries to chainload /dev/sdb1 not the MBR. >The "makeactive" or "makeactive 1" typically is not necessary. > >Do you see (hd1) in your F10's /boot/grub/device.map? >And what does /boot/grub/device.map on /dev/sdb1 contain? > I played with that some on the f12 disk, and yes, f10's device map is in order, all bootable disks are listed in sata jack order, skipping the Terrabyte drive I use for amanda. Thanks Michael. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." - Some wisdom from The Book. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
