Hi

Can someone help me out with this grub configuration?

I'm currently running Fedora core 2 with GRUB as a system boot loader,
i have the current partition scheme:


hda0 (primary partition) (Fat32)

hda1 (primary partition) (ext2) mountpoint: /boot ::active:: *GRUB is installed here*

hda2 (primary partition) (ext2) mountpoint: / *Fedora is installed here*

hda3 (extended partition)
hda5 /swap
hda6 (ext2) *Debian instalation here*



I need to add the Debian instalation to GRUB. How can i do it?
Here's my grub.conf:

It's rather simple.
mount hda5 under FC2 .
You need the kernel copied to the boot partition ..
Find the Debian Kernel .. it should be in your /dev/hda5/boot directory ...

Copy the vmlinz.xxxx (not the link .. but the full name ) System_map and initrd.img .... (3 files) to the /boot partition .. in your case
/dev/hda1

then you have to edit the /dev/hda1/grub/menu.lst.

For reference Look under the grub/meu.lst under /dev/hda5/boot .. Debian might have put a couple of lines there.
Just insert these to the /dev/hda1/grub/menu.lst.

The syntax is simple

title ---- means just the name

In the next line you can put kernel boot commmand .. simple thing like

- kernel /<vmlinz-debia-2.x.5.5.5.....your kernels name> root=/dev/hda5
should do it.
if initrd is needed then then add that as it is in your hda5/grub ..


BTW Debian install is pretty decent .. if you let it install grub, it will keep older install's alive while it sticks itself in.

make a safe boot floopy ... with
dd if=/dev/hda? (where mbr is ) .. of=/dev/fd0 count=1 bs=512 .. even if you mess up boot record you should be able recover
with a floopy or a CD with it .. you can make a CDROM from this 1 block file also. .. just to keep handy.

hope this helps

It did the trick!
Tanx allot for the help
Was a bit confused cause i had LILO installed on the partition from
the debian instalation, and did not know how to call the debian kernel
from there. After all was just a simple copy paste...
On next reformat i'll wipe out the Fedora thing, this Debian is so much more
responsive and user-friendly... apt-get roxz
Also i'm going to follow yor advice and make a boot CD, just in case...
Tanx again for the help, props

AlessPt,

Slightly off-topic, but you can use apt-get and synaptic (and/or yum and gyum) with Fedora as well. See: http://fedoranews.org/contributors/s...nley/fc3_note/

I have apt-get with synaptic on my Fedora 3 installation, and they work well.