install fedora and xubuntu on the same laptop?different partitions?

mominmyheart · 11-29-2009, 07:37 AM

Hello every body:
I am a totally new user to the linux. I have two projects to do one on fedora9 and the other on xubuntu. I installed xubuntu on my laptop beside the windows (each on a partition), then I needed fedora so I installed it over the windows. Now I can not find xubuntu. How I can check if it is still there and how can I reach it?
please I need help

linus72 · 11-29-2009, 07:46 AM

boot into fedora (you know 9 is old and unsupported I believe)
open a terminal and become root'

Code:

su

plus password

type in

Code:

fdisk -l

thats a dash and little L

copy/paste the output into your next post
also, depending on what desktop your using
gnome?
open a file manager as root

Code:

su nautilus

then mount all partitions and find
the /boot/grub/menu.lst
or /boot/grub/grub.conf
in the fedora partition
aand post that here too

mominmyheart · 11-29-2009, 08:04 AM

I typed fdisk -l but it gave me command not found. also I tried to enter the /boot/grub/menu.lst but the Permission denied.

sycamorex · 11-29-2009, 08:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mominmyheart

I typed fdisk -l but it gave me command not found. also I tried to enter the /boot/grub/menu.lst but the Permission denied.

You need to do it as root. If it doesn't find fdisk try /sbin/fdisk -l

Same thing with menu.lst - you need to be root to open it.

ps. A fresh install of Fedora 12 might be a good thing. Fedora 9 is old and no longer supported, ie. you won't get any security updates.

mominmyheart · 11-29-2009, 08:11 AM

using fedora 9 is not my choice , my teacher at college want fedora9./sbin/fdisk -l has worked but I still can't enter the /boot/grub/menu.lst or /boot/grub/grub.conf
the result as follows
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 3825 30720000 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 5100 5342 1951897+ 82 Linux swap /Solaris
/dev/sda3 5343 9546 33768630 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 3826 5099 10233405 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 3826 5099 10233373+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

sycamorex · 11-29-2009, 08:17 AM

How exactly are you trying to open the file?
Can you post the output of:

Quote:

ls -l /boot/grub/menu.lst

linus72 · 11-29-2009, 08:17 AM

try to open a filemanager as root
su filemanager-name
or if your already root
just do
filemanager-name

mominmyheart · 11-29-2009, 08:28 AM

the output of ls -l lboot/grub/menu.lst is rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 11 2009-11-29 01:13 /boot/grub/menu.lst ->./grub.conf

sycamorex · 11-29-2009, 08:32 AM

According to what you've posted, everyone has read/write permissions on the file.
Can you type vim /boot/grub/menu.lst ?

It will open the file in vim (editor).
1. type 'i'
2. Highlight the contents of the file and go to the terminal menu to copy it.
3. Paste it in your post.

sycamorex · 11-29-2009, 08:35 AM

One more thing:
What's the output of ls -l /boot/grub/grub.cfg ?

mominmyheart · 11-29-2009, 09:59 AM

This is the output of vim /boot/grub/menu.lst
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda1
# initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.i686)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 ro root=UUID=b011d332-682b-4632-8025-a010b9d881d1 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.img
~
~
~
~
-- INSERT --
This is the output of ls -l /boot/grub/grub.cfg

-rw------- 1 root root 646 2009-11-29 01:13 /boot/grub/grub.conf

sycamorex · 11-29-2009, 11:43 AM

It looks like your xubuntu is on /dev/sda3. Is that correct?
If that's the case, please mount it somewhere
eg.

Code:

mkdir ~/temp
mount /dev/sda3 ~/temp
vim ~/temp/boot/grub/menu.lst

and copy the appropriate entry from xubuntu's /boot/grub/menu.lst to the one in fedora.

BTW, I don't think you need 2 swap partitions. One is usually enough. It can be shared by systems.

Alternatively, if you don't want to mess with those files you could download supergrub and burn it on a cd, boot the computer and it'll fix everything for you.
http://www.supergrubdisk.org/