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Aquarius_Girl 02-23-2011 02:33 AM
update-grub: command not found, in OpenSuse 11.2
 
OpenSuse 11.2

Code:
anisha@linux-uitj:~> sudo update-grub
sudo: update-grub: command not found
Am I missing some point here?

corp769 02-23-2011 02:43 AM
Edited my post. Didn't see the OpenSuse at the top.....My bad!

syg00 02-23-2011 02:45 AM
From memory those are Debian specific scripts. In classic grub they don't exit - grub2 came out of (predominantly) Ubuntu, so they exist for it.

EDDY1 02-23-2011 02:49 AM
What version of grub?

Aquarius_Girl 02-23-2011 02:59 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by EDDY1 (Post 4268215)
What version of grub?
Code:
anisha@linux-uitj:~> grub
Absolute path to 'grub' is '/usr/sbin/grub', so running it may require superuser privileges (eg. root).
Running grub gets me a shell, I don't know how to know the version, I read the man too,
but where to run that version command?

Quote:
Originally Posted by syg00 (Post 4268209)
From memory those are Debian specific scripts. In classic grub they don't exit - grub2 came out of (predominantly) Ubuntu, so they exist for it.
It seems you are correct, those commands worked in Mint but act like aliens
in Suse,

I found this: http://www.novell.com/documentation/...l/ch07s04.html

But I am not able to understand from the above link, which one corresponds to
update-grub?

I can't try them all without understanding what they do.

EricTRA 02-23-2011 03:02 AM
Hello Anisha,

This should give you the version:
Code:
sudo grub-setup --version
At least it did for me:
Code:
grub-setup (GRUB) 1.98+20100804-14
Sure there are other ways but this is one. Hope it helps.

Kind regards,

Eric

Aquarius_Girl 02-23-2011 03:04 AM
:D
Code:
anisha@linux-uitj:~> sudo grub-setup --version
root's password:
sudo: grub-setup: command not found
anisha@linux-uitj:~>

EDDY1 02-23-2011 03:04 AM
I'm not sure what suse's package manager is but in debian I've used "apt-get install grub-pc".
Grub2 is a dummy package grub-pc is grub2.

---------- Post added 02-23-11 at 01:04 AM ----------

I'm not sure what suse's package manager is but in debian I've used "apt-get install grub-pc".
Grub2 is a dummy package grub-pc is grub2.

EricTRA 02-23-2011 03:05 AM
LOL, You have to be kidding!!

Can you echo your PATH as sudo and post that please?
Code:
sudo echo $PATH
Or even this:
Code:
sudo ls /usr/sbin | grep grub
Kind regards,

Eric

Aquarius_Girl 02-23-2011 03:06 AM
Code:
anisha@linux-uitj:~> sudo echo $PATH
/opt/qtcreator-2.0.92/bin/:/opt/qtsdk-2010.05/qt/bin/:/opt/qtcreator-2.0.92/bin/:/opt/qtsdk-2010.05/qt/bin/:/usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/kde3/bin:/usr/lib/mit/bin:/usr/lib/mit/sbin:/usr/lib/qt3/bin
anisha@linux-uitj:~>

EricTRA 02-23-2011 03:07 AM
Hi,

Check /usr/sbin for grub, as indicated in my 'edited' post.

Kind regards,

Eric

EDDY1 02-23-2011 03:08 AM
Do you have an Ubuntu-live-cd desktop version?
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/20...rescue-prompt/

---------- Post added 02-23-11 at 01:08 AM ----------

Do you have an Ubuntu-live-cd desktop version?
http://karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/20...rescue-prompt/

Aquarius_Girl 02-23-2011 03:10 AM
Wow, this shows something interesting :) Thanks Eric.
Code:
anisha@linux-uitj:~> sudo ls /usr/sbin | grep grub
grub
grub-install
grub-install.unsupported
grub-md5-crypt
grubonce
grub-set-default
anisha@linux-uitj:~>
But how to update Grub?
I found the following quote from the link in post: 5,
Quote:
Any manual change to the device.map file requires that you update your GRUB installation. Use the following command:

grub --batch --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map < /etc/grub.conf
I am not sure it means what I think it means?!?

Aquarius_Girl 02-23-2011 03:13 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by EDDY1 (Post 4268244)
Do you have an Ubuntu-live-cd desktop version?
Thanks, but I have a Mint Live CD, and I know these commands would work with Mint,
but in case something goes wrong I need to find out what works with Suse!

EDDY1 02-23-2011 03:19 AM
You're welcome.
Before you follow the link from post# 5 remember that it refers to grub not grub2.
You'll need documentation for grub2.

EDDY1 02-23-2011 03:21 AM
I retract that statement because I'm not sure of your grub version.

syg00 02-23-2011 07:15 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Anisha Kaul (Post 4268230)
[CODE]But I am not able to understand from the above link, which one corresponds to update-grub?
There is no equivalent.
That is only available in Debian (derived) distros - it is not part of the generic grub package.

You need to manually update the menu.lst in need - as per that document you linked.

Larry Webb 02-23-2011 08:04 AM
Suse 11.2 uses grub legacy. If you can boot Suse open YaST and go to System in the left panel and then go to bootloader in the right panel and then you can update grub menu from there.

Aquarius_Girl 02-27-2011 06:42 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by syg00 (Post 4268461)
There is no equivalent.
That is only available in Debian (derived) distros - it is not part of the generic grub package.

You need to manually update the menu.lst in need - as per that document you linked.
Thanks for response, I do remember now, I had a dual boot of Mint and Suse in my laptop and also
I installed Mint on my external harddisk attaching it to my laptop! And the Grub got missing, I
remember searching Google and every where getting told to edit menu.lst!! I even had this thread since
I couldn't find menu.lst in Mint which is Debian based!

Larry,
I'll have to update/install Grub when my system doesn't boot and in that case I won't be able to
fiddle with yast!


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