[ale] why Linux hurts/disappoints me more than once

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

Can I force to use grub 1.x ?

Is there a real benefit to use grub 2.x ?

Any one using Linux on a 1TB drive at all ?  I am beginning to doubt Linux's
ability to run on a 1TB drive.

-Narahari

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> AH.  I didn't realize you have 2 drives with default boot drive is still
> windows.
>
> MBR on boot drive needs the grub data. Additionally, the drive designator
> hd0 will be wrong. It should be hd1 in the grub setup (menu.1st I believe
> for Ubuntu; grub.conf for RedHat/Fedora style).
>
> Specifically the lines in grub.conf like:
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=0
> timeout=0
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora (2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64)
>     root (hd0,0)
>     kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64 ro
> root=/dev/mapper/vg_blindtoadstout-lv_root
> rd_LUKS_UUID=luks-79a78ec7-99bc-4277-a9a5-f9b9153157f2
> rd_LVM_LV=vg_blindtoadstout/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_blindtoadstout/lv_swap
> rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us
> rhgb quiet
>     initrd /initramfs-2.6.35.6-48.fc14.x86_64.img
>
>
> The root (hd0,0) will need to be changed to root (hd1,0) if the mbr on the
> first drive (windows boot) has been properly installed with the grub loader
> and the Linux distro is on sdb.  Make the same change for the splashimage
> (If you have one).
>
> This could be _ALL_WRONG_ if you are using grub2 system. But I _think_
> drives are counted from 0 while partitions are counted from 1. That make
> root (hd0,0) become root (hd0,1) and root (hd1,0) become root (hd2,0).
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha <savithari at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> Friends:
>>
>> Please clarify/educate me on this please.
>>
>> My set up is
>>
>> HD1 is a 1TB Hitachi drive on which I first installed Windoze(it is still
>> there).  In the Linux world it is /dev/sda
>> HD2 is a 1TB Hitachi drive on which I am trying to install Ubuntu
>> Server/Debian in that order (install works for debian but wont work after
>> that).
>>
>> Since it is a 1TB drive, I have to install  LVM(which the installer
>> provides in guided partitioning) I am assuming.
>>
>> In the GRUB world, where does the GRUB or the initial menu piece get
>> installed to ?  The /dev/sda or the /dev/sdb ?
>>
>> Also how does LVM fit into this scenario ?
>>
>> Please educate.
>>
>> -Narahari
>>
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