[ale] Getting Linux OS to boot

[Michael Hirsch]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Trey
> Sizemore
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:57 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Getting Linux OS to boot
> 
> Michael Hirsch wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> >>
> >>
> >Trey
> >
> >
> >>Sizemore
> >>Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:16 PM
> >>To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> >>Subject: Re: [ale] Getting Linux OS to boot
> >>
> >>Geoffrey wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Trey Sizemore wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Geoffrey wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>What does the grub config file look like?  You might try running
> >>>>>grub-install.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>Well, I've not got it where I can boot to Mandrake (rescue mode
> >>>>allowed me to install grub on the slave drive's MBR).  So now the
> >>>>trick will be to add the other distros to Mandrake's grub.conf
> >>>>file...haven't done that in quite a while.  I'm sure with a little
> >>>>digging I can remember the format.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>It's pretty straight forward, just keep the number correct.  The
> >>>actual references to the filesystems (/dev/hda1) will be the same,
> >>>
> >>>
> >but
> >
> >
> >>>remember:
> >>>
> >>>root (hd0,7)  is /dev/hda8
> >>>root (hd1,1)  is /dev/hdb2
> >>>
> >>>Make sure you get the kernel names right as some use variations.
> >>>Also, some use different references to the initrd image:
> >>>
> >>>SuSE:        initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd
> >>>Mandrake:    initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>Do I need to add entries in Mandrake's /etc/fstab before they can be
> >>booted from entries in lilo.conf?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >No.  fstab is only used after boot to know what to mount.  And I
thought
> >we were talking about grub, not lilo??
> >
> >
> >
> Well, in the Mandrake rescue mode, I told it to install the bootloader
> to the MBR for /dev/hdb, but it didn't prompt me for which one.  I can
> find a lilo.conf but no grub.conf even though both are installed.  I
> don't know *which* bootloader it is!
> 
When you boot /dev/hdb do you see LILO or GRUB?  That'll tell you.  :-)

You might also look for menu.lst instead of grub.conf.  menu.lst is the
original name, though people seem to be moving towards grub.conf.  I
don't recall which Mandrake uses--I think they are symlinked together.

Michael