[ale] grub with Linux and Solaris??

Jim Popovitch jimpop at yahoo.com
Sat Jan 28 12:18:27 EST 2006


Geoffrey wrote:
> Jim Popovitch wrote:
>> Geoffrey wrote:
>> 
>>> I've tried all kinds of variations to tell grub where to find the
>>>  /platform directory on the Solaris partition, but no good,
>>> including:
>>> 
>>> kernel hda(0,0,a)/platform/i86pc/multiboot kernel
>>> hda(0,5)/platform/i86pc/multiboot
>> 
>> Perhaps a typo, but shouldn't that be "(hd0,5)", which should get
>> you partition 6 on the first drive.
> 
> You are right, it was a typo in the email, although I had to try it 
> again to be sure and:
> 
> kernel (hd0,5)/platform/i86pc/multiboot
> 
> doesn't work either. :(

Now that you have grub.conf/menu.lst setup, try running grub-install to 
reset the MBR.  (at least I think that's what it does).

-Jim P.




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