GRUB is impossible for me to install correctly
Okay, I'm at my wits end. I've tried to install GRUB many times now, and I just can't seem to get it done. Maybe God's telling me to stick with LILO :rolleyes:
To install GRUB I've read every How-To on this side of the planet, and nothing seems to work properly. I've used the grub-install <device> method, and I've used the Installing GRUB Natively method. Either I'm too stupid to install GRUB, there's a problem with my system, or the How-To's I've read are all incorrect somewhere. Maybe all of the above. After the last fiasco, GRUB would load Windoze 2000 fine, but not Debian. So I booted with the Debian 2.4.18-bf2.4 floppy and did this: paul:/boot# rm -rf grub paul:/boot# lilo paul:/boot# reboot And now I can boot either OS just fine. However, for some reason I don't even know anymore, I want GRUB as my bootloader :scratch: Here is what I think is pertinent to know if you can help. mingdao@paul:~$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> /dev/hda8 / ext3 errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda7 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda6 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda9 /home ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hdb5 /usr ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda10 /var ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda11 /tmp ext3 defaults 0 2 /dev/hda1 is C:\Windoze 2000 FAT32 /dev/hda5 is E:\Data FAT32 The only Primary partition, and the only bootable partition, is /dev/hda1. For hda there is an Extended partition, and then all the others are Logical partitions. For hdb there is one Primary partition which is /dev/hdb1is D:\Programs formatted as FAT32, an Extended partition, then /dev/hdb5 is /usr formatted ext3 and /dev/hdb6 is F:\AppSwap formatted FAT32. If you need more information, please let me know. :cool: |
your working /etc/lilo.conf
and your grub.conf would be very helpful |
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# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', # --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'. # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ # | !! Reminder !! | # | | # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this | # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The | # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image | # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. | # | | # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ # Support LBA for large hard disks. # lba32 # Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS' # harddisk order. Use with caution. #disk=/dev/hde # bios=0x81 #disk=/dev/sda # bios=0x80 # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR. # boot=/dev/hda # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/') # root=/dev/hda8 # Enable map compaction: # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default # because it doesn't always work. # # compact # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector # You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text # Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details # install=/boot/boot-menu.b # Specifies the location of the map file # map=/boot/map # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append' # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a # standard default boot will not require one. # # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh', # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization. # # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the # BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'. # # password=tatercounter2000 # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should # wait before booting the first image. # delay=20 # You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting # for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the # `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'. # # message=/boot/bootmess.txt prompt timeout=150 # prompt # single-key # delay=100 # timeout=100 # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>) # # vga=ask # vga=9 # vga=normal # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. # # append="" # Boot up Linux by default. # default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only # restricted # alias=1 image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional # restricted # alias=2 # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to # where your other OS' partition is. # # other=/dev/hda4 # label=HURD # restricted # alias=3 other=/dev/hda1 label="Windows(hda1)" other=/dev/hda5 label="Windows(hda5)" other=/dev/hdb1 label="Windows(hdb1)" other=/dev/hdb6 label="Windows(hdb6)" And I guess I have no grub.conf --> paul:/home/mingdao# whereis grub.conf grub: /sbin/grub /usr/lib/grub /usr/share/man/man8/grub.8.gz paul:/home/mingdao# ls -aFlc /sbin/grub -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 109560 Oct 30 14:31 /sbin/grub* paul:/home/mingdao# ls -aFlc /usr/lib/grub total 16 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Oct 30 14:31 ./ drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 8192 Nov 1 00:40 ../ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Oct 30 14:31 i386-pc/ paul:/home/mingdao# |
check /etc/grub.conf
and in the /boot directory check that you don't have to mount a partition/drive at /boot some distros make a separate boot partition so you can't accidentily overwrite your kernel. |
whereis is only for executables in your path and
man pages in your man path try locate |
Use LILO....it works great.
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paul:/home/mingdao# locate grub.conf /usr/share/kernel-package/kpkg_grub.conf paul:/boot# ls -aFlc total 4458 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Nov 3 21:17 ./ drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Nov 3 21:05 ../ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 559088 Oct 30 18:39 System.map-2.4.18-bf2.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 749740 Nov 3 21:05 System.map-2.4.22paul -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7988 Oct 30 18:51 boot-bmp.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6204 Oct 30 18:51 boot-compat.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7964 Oct 30 18:51 boot-menu.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6204 Oct 30 18:51 boot-text.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Oct 30 18:51 boot.0300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 Oct 30 18:51 boot.b -> boot-menu.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 728 Oct 30 18:51 chain.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16984 Oct 30 18:39 config-2.4.18-bf2.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 26304 Nov 3 21:05 config-2.4.22paul drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Oct 30 18:33 lost+found/ -rw------- 1 root root 39936 Nov 3 21:17 map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 656 Oct 30 18:51 os2_d.b -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1263339 Oct 30 18:39 vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1830521 Nov 3 21:05 vmlinuz-2.4.22paul This is where LILO finds the kernel to boot. vmlinuz-2.4.22paul is the kernel I recompiled last night, and vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 is the original one from the Debian Woody 3.0 install. I see this, and I've read every stinking GRUB manual and How-To I could find, but still I cannot install GRUB and boot Debian with it. Maybe I'm what the local people here call er bai wu (stupid) :rolleyes: Quote:
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Joseph,
Those are very good links in your thread. Thanks for posting. In particular, one of them pointed me close enough to find some How-To information within my Debian filesystem. It said "Somewhere in the neighborhood of /usr/doc/HOWTO on your filesystem will be the HOWTO's." In Debian I found /usr/share/doc which contains directories of packages, and then under each directory there are files such as README. For instance-> mingdao@paul:/usr/share/doc/grub$ ls -1 AUTHORS BUGS NEWS.gz README README.Debian THANKS TODO changelog.Debian.gz changelog.gz copyright examples Under /usr/share/doc/alsa-source I found README.Debian.gz and doing zless README.Debian.gz looks to have all the information I need to properly install ALSA in my system. As a matter of fact, I'll go try it now. :cool: |
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