Ubuntu and fedore core 6

bouchecl · 05-28-2007, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Okie

i think Fedora's rescue disk mounts your fedora install in /mnt you could look in there...

as to what text editors are available with the rescue disk i don't know, maybe a fedora guru will jump in here and help out...

When I start in rescue mode in FC, I usually chroot my active filesystem with the command :

Code:

chroot /mnt/sysimage

Edit your FC grub.conf file (since you've chrooted, it's not at its regular /boot/grub/grub.conf location)

AFAIK, you can use either vi or nano to do the edit. If you use nano, use the -w switch to avoid problems with long lines

Add your boot stanza for Ubuntu (I've provided an example for a / Ubuntu partition in /dev/sda8, but YMMV) and save your file.

Run the following command

Code:

grub-install

Then exit twice and your machine should reboot correctly (with Fedora's grub) and give you an option for Ubuntu.

tommytomato · 05-28-2007, 10:29 PM

I used vi to edit the grub.config i think it was, FC6 is back up now

here is what I had in

Code:

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root            (hd1,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic
root=UUID=9f6739dd-97c1-4d59-bdbc-694262258dae ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

when the PC boots up I get the blue screen that allows you to chose what OS you want, I dont get the option the chose it starts to count down then loads FC6 up

other than that I cant get into Ubuntu

I'm unsure what to do as I'm a real newbie when it comes to duel boot systems.

I hope some one can help me out please on what to do

cheers TT

tommytomato · 05-29-2007, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Okie

you probably just need to ad the info to Fedora's grub, be aware that ubuntu now uses UUID so use a text editor and copy ubuntu's entry in grub's menu.1st over to Fedora's grub menu.1st file...

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=557393

Ok since i've done the install the other way round , do i need to copy the Fedora Core 6 grub menu over to the Ubuntu grub menu and then run grub-install.

the ubuntu grub menu is

Code:

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=cb4797ac-2720-4d32-86ed-8eafd01b9a8f ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=cb4797ac-2720-4d32-86ed-8eafd01b9a8f ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title           Ubuntu, memtest86+
root            (hd0,0)
kernel          /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

getting the Fedore Core 6 menu.lst, thats my next reply

TT

tommytomato · 05-29-2007, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Okie

first you need to ad Ubuntu's harddrive to fedora's /etc/fstab and create a directory (folder) where ubuntu is to be mounted (mkdir /mnt/hdb1)

something like:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext3 defaults 0 0

just pay attention to detail how fedora has fstab set up...

I tried this before and I didn't get it to work, so I'll give it another go since i need the Fedore Core 6 menu.lst details

TT

tommytomato · 05-29-2007, 09:07 AM

How does one out put the drives to find out whether there /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2

my fstab file is like so

Code:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
# /dev/hda1
UUID=cb4797ac-2720-4d32-86ed-8eafd01b9a8f /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /dev/hda5
UUID=e71b1e29-250f-464f-b9d7-e708b57781ff none            swap    sw              0       0
/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom0   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom1   udf,iso9660 user,noauto     0       0
/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0

TT

tommytomato · 05-29-2007, 09:32 AM

Quote:

How does one out put the drives to find out whether there /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2

fdisk -l bought up the list of drives

Code:

Disk /dev/hda: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1       30213   242685891   83  Linux
/dev/hda2           30214       30401     1510110    5  Extended
/dev/hda5           30214       30401     1510078+  82  Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80060424192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb1   *           1          13      104391   83  Linux
/dev/hdb2              14        9733    78075900   8e  Linux LVM

next step

TT

tommytomato · 05-29-2007, 10:09 AM

Am i correct the out put has loaded the boot of the 2nd drive after I added this to my fstab

Quote:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext3 defaults 0 0

Code:

/mnt/hdb1# ls
config-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6      symvers-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.gz
grub                          System.map-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img  vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
lost+found

TT

tommytomato · 05-29-2007, 10:39 AM

It seems to work, thanks heaps
I created the folder mnt/hdb1
then after adding this to my /etc/fstab file

Quote:

/dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext3 defaults 0 0

the directory now has the following

Code:

:/mnt/hdb1# ls
config-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6      symvers-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.gz
grub                          System.map-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img  vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
lost+found

after reading the grub details i was able to copy and paste details to the Ubuntu menu.lst via root and bingo all is well

boot now works well. thanks again guys, it was right in front of me..

Is there a option to make it a GUI boot

TT