Help with grub
 

Hello i just installed grub custumizer but found i dont have grub or or burg if someone could tell me how to install ither one that would be great

Hi:

Here's a step by step on How To Install Grub:
http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...2dinstall.html

And here's the full tutorial:
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub.html

Best Regards:hattip:

ok so acually can you help me with burg im on debian

Do you mean burg instant messaging?

Or do you mean the German term http://www.burgimmobilien.de/
My German is very rusty-

http://http://www.unixmen.com/how-to...urg-in-ubuntu/ but for debian

I found the manual instructions:
http://code.google.com/p/burg/wiki/ManualInstall

I'm still looking for another way to help you-
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BURG

apt-get build-dep burg-pc burg-emu

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list

Here a member listed what should be in your sources.list for Debian
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...e-list-330913/

Here is my sources list:

i used yours and still it does not work

wait ill use all of his

even whith all of his i still get apt-get build-dep burg-pc burg-emu
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list

Debian Sid is the unstable version so you wouldn't want that http: in your sources list. At least I wouldn't-

Is it working now?

Are you using the terminal to edit your sources list?

I use Nano and when I do I open the terminal and run this to bring up my list and edit it-
Than add all of the http: <address, etc...>
During the process of editing your list in the terminal you should see the word Modify.
Make sure you save the chances before you close your terminal.

Or are you editing your sources list through Synaptic?

i use gedit but i got all my sources discombobulated should i use yours

Yes,
as long as your running Debian Squeeze. Take your time don't rush through your sources list one mistake can make communication with the Debian website and backports null and void even if your off by one letter.

....

i have squeeze but when i apt-get update it says at the end
W: GPG error: http://mozilla.debian.net squeeze-backports Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 85A3D26506C4AE2A
W: GPG error: http://www.deb-multimedia.org squeeze Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 07DC563D1F41B907

I'm sorry I'm not on my Debian Squeeze machine now. I'm away from my Desktop Pc-
I'm using my Win's 7 Sony Vaio to help you.

From the Debian Webpage for public key:
http://keyring.debian.org/

In the past I had trouble with a public key and a member here helped me. I'll go and find the Solved thread and post it for you.;)

Here is where Mr. Evo helped me to solve the gpg key problem that I had.
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...te-4175426643/

How's it going?

the keys did not fix but i dont care right now i jut want to install grub 2

Ok, you want to install Grub 2. Before you do are you in a dual boot with another operating system?


"Debian Squeeze and later"

Grub "v2" for Debian (package grub) can be installed with:

apt-get install grub

http://wiki.debian.org/Grub

yes i have a dualboot whith backtrack i have already apt-get install grub but how do i make it com in afect

You typed com....what do you mean by 'com' Do you mean compile?

And you typed afect....please spell out your words I'm having trouble understanding what you mean-

sorry i men't come in efect because i am still using v1 for some reason

If you have already successfully installed Grub; re-boot your computer.

After your system re-starts your system will automatically boot to Debian (if you arranged it that way)
If not; Backtrack will boot first.

Which ever operating system you arrange to boot first will boot otherwise use the up, down, left, right arrows to boot which operating system you want to use-

but i have rebooted and it still uses the older version but ill try rebooting again

ya it says it is gnu grub version 1.9.8-ubuntu

Ok, I explained what is going on in this thread in a new General thread that I posted.
I have asked if other members here if they would jump in and help me to help you because I am out of ideas.

Grub 2 shouldn't be difficult perhaps I missed something so I will re-read the instructions:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2

ok thank you

You are welcome;)
Stepping up to the plate and saying that even I needed help I knew was the right thing to do.

I didn't know BTW that Grub 2 is the default boot-loader for Ubuntu.....I just found that out-
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2

And I also didn't know that:
no changes are made to the GRUB 2 menu until the update-grub command is run as root.

Which makes sense because Ubuntu is Debian based-

wait so 1.98 is grub 2?

I (think) so-

OK, I'll say this first, I did not read all of the posts, but from the OP's first post, I'm assuming he/she is trying to customize/theme GRUB2. And since the OP's info shows that he/she is using Debian, I'll assume it's Debian stable or Squeeze. Squeeze installs GRUB2 by default, no need to install it again (unless or course you screwed it up).

Ubuntu has been using GRUB2 since Karmic (9.10) or probably even before that. I really started using Linux seriously from that point. Karmic used GRUB v1.97~Beta4. All GRUB versions above 1.97 is referred to as GRUB2, while all GRUB versions up to 0.97 is now referred to as GRUB-legacy.

Take note of this: BURG is a fork of GRUB2. It is no longer maintained, which means bugs and the like go unchecked.

Since the OP is also dual-booting with Backtrack, the GRUB version used by the latest release of Backtrack (from distrowatch.com) is v1.98. Depending on how the installations were done, the GRUB version in use will normally be from the last distro installed, provided of course that the user selected to install the bootloader from the installation scripts.

The version of GRUB in Squeeze is presently 1.98+20100804-14+squeeze1.

The following is purely informative. You can change the distro (Squeeze or Backtrack), which controls the configuration of GRUB2 that boots the system.

Let's assume you want the version of GRUB2 from Squeeze to control the boot sequence and your primary boot device is /dev/sda.

• Boot into Squeeze.
  
• Open a terminal window and enter
  Code:

  ---

  sudo grub-install /dev/sda

  ---

  .This will install the bootloader to the MBR of /dev/sda. Note that it is not recommended to install the bootloader of GRUB2 to a partition as may have been done previously for GRUB-legacy. If the installation was successfully, you'll get a Installation finished message.
  
• Now update the GRUB configuration file (/boot/grub/grub.cfg). In the terminal window, enter
  Code:

  ---

  sudo update-grub

  ---

  . This will cause GRUB2 to search through the system for OSes and create a menuentry for each OSes and kernel versions found.

On your next reboot, the system will boot the version of GRUB2 from Squeeze and present you with a menu to select the OS/kernel to boot.

Now if you are looking to customize/theme GRUB2, have a look at my The Definitive Guide to Theming GRUB2 v1.99 Edition 3 Revision 1. The download also includes the second edition which covers GRUB2 v1.98. The download link is in my sigs.

For quite a few themes, check out this thread:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1823915

OK, I should have taken the time to do it first. After looking at the other posts, I'll add these.

Where are you seeing GRUB v1? You also said, the GRUB2 version was 1.98-Ubuntu. This says you are booting GRUB2 from Backtrack, since it's based on Ubuntu. To see the version of GRUB you are using, open a terminal window and enter:
You'll get something like: grub-install (GRUB) 1.99-14. Post the output from the above command.

If you installed GRUB-legacy, you can revert to GRUB2, but first please clean up your sources.list file. I would not recommend that you install anything from the backports unless you know exactly what you are doing. You can really screw-up your installation. Leave that for after you have gained a bit more experience.

Here's a stock Squeeze sources.list file (use it to get your system back to normal):
After saving, enter in the terminal window:
This will pull in all the updates. If you wish to install the updates at this point, go ahead:
This will upgrade the packages. If some kernel packages are held back, you may also want to do:
Now if you want to install GRUB2 in Squeeze (for a PC/BIOS architecture):
This will install GRUB2, configure it and generate the /boot/grub/grub.cfg configuration file.

Your next reboot will be from GRUB2 installed from Squeeze.

You can now further customize/theme GRUB2 according to my guide. Further info for configuring GRUB2 via /etc/default/grub can be found at (enter in the terminal window):
Or read the complete manual with:
Hope this sheds a bit more light.

Towheedm:

Thank you for jumping in and helping.

I was not aware that Burg is no longer maintained-
I couldn't find the guide for Sycho 123321 but you did. Thanks!
That Definitive Gude to Theming Grub2 looks good-

I knew from the beginning that Sycho 123321 had Grub from his Debian install but didn't know which (v1.99 or 1.9.8) he had.

Thanks again; Towheedm for helping us!

Sycho 123321:

Towheedm provided great information and instructions for you and now you can give this a go.

Keep in mind that Debian does not use "sudo" in Debian we use "su" than put your rootpassword in.

Are you sure? From what I recall, I had to set a root password in Squeeze. The sudo utility was installed by default.

You can verify this from a clean install of Squeeze by looking at the /etc/shadow file:
And from man shadow:
See: for more information.

I had two members in Debian testing tell me to only use 'su' and su only.

Continuing that debate here would hijack to OP's thread. Probably you'd like to start a new thread for that.

BTW: I was simply responding to what you said:

Oh, only responding sorry, I got carried away:o

thanks

I use sudo

can i just use grub-custumizer?

Of course you can. It's your choice. I have never used it, so I can't say what it's capable of. I could not find it in the Debian repos.

ya i had to biuld it from source

on the theaming guide install.sh does not work

now it working tanks everyone!!!!:p :p ;) :)

What problems are you having with it?