adding multiple linux OS's to grub
hi, i have 4 partitions created for 4 OS's, XP, w2003, SLES10.1 and finally backtrack3.
SLES (hda3 with hda5=swp and hda6 as "/") detected that i have 2 windows(hda1/hda2)and added them to the grub, but backtrack installed on hda4 ext2 cant be added to the grub. i have no idea how to mount a drive or edit the grub to add backtrack3 to the OS choices during bootup so far i am using the SLES10.1 grub |
I think you mean
hda1 primary c xp or 2k hda2 primary c xp or 2k hda3 extended hda5 swap hda6 / hda4 backtrack?? so what bootloader did you set up for backtrack? I guess its lilo? but grub can chainload to it as well as ms if above is correct, change grub with root powers in sles title BT root (hd0,3) chainloader +1 |
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i assumed once i could mount hda4 then i could point the sles grub to the right backtrack files, but then i get fstab errors and i dont understand what to do. |
you are confusing mount....meaning make accessible....to a booted system with grub or lilo.
if you want to view or copy files you add lines to each system's fstab file for the relevant folder eg if both are ext2 with su (root powers) 1) boot sles Code:
mkdir /mnt/bt Code:
mkdir /mnt/sles if grub is in mbr its the bootloader for sles....so you need to boot sles then using root powers to edits its bootloader grub file. |
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i am a network engineer and can program cisco routers, but nix language is completely new to me. i have programmed sles as a server using the gui but outside of the gui i'm a noob. i'll try out your last suggestion, it seems well explained. thank you. |
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