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appending grub - add other linux distro
SO I read a couple strings already and I'll tell you what my goal is...
I want to have my current grub config be aware of the new distro I installed on another hdd. I installed Ubundu and when prompted to install GRUB - I tried to put grub for this distro on a floppy (/dev/fd0) but it failed, so I didn't allow it to install grub. I didn't want to mess up my current setup - with grub on hda for my fc2 system. I thought I could reboot into fc2 add some lines to grub, reboot, et voila - ability to choose Ubuntu -- no such luck.
I formatted a 10gb partition on my ide slave hdd. It's my current backup and old windows file holder drive. THen I installed ubundu on that partition (hdb3), oh, there was room - I made a swap drive for it, too.
I added the info to my fedora core (2) grub.conf:
################################
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default 0
timeout 10
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
title ubundu (4.10)
root (hd1,3)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-2-386 root=/dev/hdb3
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.8.1-2-386
#################################
THe 3rd partition on that hdd is "activated" .
THe error msg that I get upon boot is:
can't recognize file system - can't mount the partition.
SO -- what do I do to add the distro to my grub and be able to boot to it?
Should I have allowed the ubundu distro to install grub - to hda - it would've overwritten my current grub, would it have kept the fedora option?
THanks.
machiner
Last edited by machiner; 10-10-2004 at 12:06 PM.
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