[SOLVED] setup grub

spiky0011 · 11-07-2011, 04:03 PM

Ok I need to setup grub I,m building on sdc I want this to boot all on it,s own, not affect the other drives/OS. I can change the drive to boot from bios.

fdisk -l from host

Code:

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        1275    10241406    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            1276        2491     9764864   83  Linux
/dev/sda3            2491       14594    97212417    5  Extended
/dev/sda5            2491        2613      975872   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            2613       14594    96235520   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x414d8374

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        1912    15358108+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb2            1913        2039     1020127+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb3            2040        5864    30720612+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb4            5864       12162    50585601    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5            5864        7776    15360000   83  Linux
/dev/sdb6            7777        7904     1024000   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb7            7904       12162    34199552   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdc: 40.0 GB, 40007761920 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4864 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x2bd28d09

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdc1               1        1913    15360000   83  Linux
/dev/sdc2            1913        2043     1048576   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdc3            2043        4864    22660096   83  Linux

The device map from lfs

Code:

cat device.map
(hd0)	/dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS541612J9SA00_SB2D01E4GKEVWB
(hd1)	/dev/disk/by-id/usb-FUJITSU_MHV2100AH-0:0
(hd2)	/dev/disk/by-id/usb-Generic_External_37364A503332363853202020-0:0

Do I set grub to
grub-install /dev/sdc or /dev/hd2

The reason for this is I,m going to copy as an image then maybe used on a single drive in a computor hope this made sense

Roken · 11-07-2011, 08:43 PM

You can still use your existing grub to boot LFS while you build. Simply add an entry to /etc/grub.d/40_custom and sudo update_grub to add your boot entry whilst you build, and remove it when finished. There's nothing to prevent you building grub in LFS, just don't install it yet. It's unlikely that grub.cfg would be portable to another machine anyway.

When you have your build ready to move to CD, I assume you will include an installation script, in which case you can install grub from the LFS disk on the new machine at that point anyway. To get rid of the boot entry on your build system simply remove the entries from /etc/grub.d/40_custom and sudo update_grub again.

Larry Webb · 11-08-2011, 04:23 AM

When installing the distro to your /dev install the mbr to / of sdc.

To select, this applies to most distros - when you come to the partitioning of the hd you need to select the 'expert' or 'custom' and somewhere there you should see grub option or boot.

Do not panic if you overwrite your mbr. Keep a live cd with the grub you are wanting to use legacy or 2.

If you are going to use grub 2 here is one of the best tutorials I have found

grub2

Check item 12 "Reinstalling grub2"

spiky0011 · 11-08-2011, 03:22 PM

Ok i,m having a problem booting lfs. I would like this to be a stand alone system that when switched to in bios it will boot on it,s own, NOT from another grub. so I can pick which harddrive to boot from I,e it will be the 3rd 1 then grub would show up with that as the only OS.
my grub.cfg

Code:

# Begin /boot/grub/grub.cfg
set default=0
set timeout=5

insmod ext2
set root=(hd2,1)

menuentry "GNU/Linux, Linux 3.1-lfs-7.0" {
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-3.1-lfs-7.0 root=/dev/sdc1 ro
}

I ran this grub-install /dev/sdc
I,m thinking the set root should be (hd0,1) But I dont want it to interfere with the other grubs, so was looking for some advice.
I know this might not seem right but it,s wot i would like.

Roken · 11-08-2011, 03:37 PM

On the face of it, your grub.cfg should work as it is. I assume that grub is providing an error, in which case, what is it?

spiky0011 · 11-08-2011, 03:49 PM

I get error: file not found.
I,m thinking as I switch to that harddrive is it looking at it as hd0?
I built lfs on Ubuntu host /dev/sda somethingwhich makes lfs on sdc when switch to lfs harddrive dose it look at it differently.

Roken · 11-08-2011, 06:34 PM

No - I could be wrong, but I'm almost certain that, provided you have the drive assignments correct (which you appear to have) your vmlinuz entry may be a little wrong.

ls /boot | grep vmlinuz will confirm for you.

If it's any help, I made a rookie mistake originally and called it vmlinux so may be worth checking.

Larry Webb · 11-09-2011, 05:53 AM

When changing boot order your device mapping may change also. Try using uuid # instead of '/dev/sdc1'.

Quote:

I,m thinking the set root should be (hd0,1)

Try this after changing uuid if that does not fix, just keep a live cd around in case you need to use to boot back.

spiky0011 · 11-13-2011, 12:52 PM

Problem solved I added rootdelay to the grub.cfg