GRUB - How do I do I set it up from the command line

Jongi · 01-19-2006, 03:39 PM

This is my Lilo boot

Code:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Jan 19 23:15:50 SAST 2006

menu-scheme = Wb:kw:Wb:Wb
timeout = 80
lba32
change-rules
reset
read-only
prompt
default = Linux
message = /boot/message
boot = /dev/hda


image = /boot/vmlinuz
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
    label = Linux
    append = "selinux=0  resume=/dev/hdc5  splash=silent showopts"
    vga = 792
    initrd = /boot/initrd
    root = /dev/hdc1


other = /dev/hda1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###

    label = XP


image = /boot/vmlinuz
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
    label = Failsafe
    append = "showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3"
    initrd = /boot/initrd
    root = /dev/hdc1

What can I do have GRUB load these?

bulliver · 01-19-2006, 03:52 PM

Do you have grub installed? Are you just trying to translate your lilo.conf to a grub.conf? What are you trying to do here?

Jongi · 01-19-2006, 04:15 PM

That is my lilo.conf file. I want to install grub. The filesystems that I want to appear are those that are in my lilo.conf above.

bulliver · 01-19-2006, 04:37 PM

Well, have you read the grub docs? Have you even tried this yourself? The difference in syntax is really not that much different, and if you simply search for a grub.conf file you should be able to translate it yourself.

At least give it a shot yourself, and if you have problems then ask about them.

Jongi · 01-24-2006, 04:00 PM

I've follwed the instructions here: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html . More specifically Section 3.

Code:

# grub-install /dev/hda

grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
 (hd1,0)
 (hd1,5)

grub> root (hd1,0)

grub> setup (hd0)

grub> kernel /boot/vmlinuz

grub> boot

The above was run in SUSE (hd1,0). Although the SUSE partition is actually hdc1. I am able to boot XP and FC4. But not SUSE. I get an Error 17.

This is the result of:

Code:

# cat /etc/grub.conf
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd2,0) (hd2,0)
setup --stage2=/boot/grub/stage2 (hd0) (hd2,0)
quit

I see now nothing refers to a initrd as well.

Jongi · 01-26-2006, 10:22 AM

Here is the menu.lst

Code:

# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Jan 25 20:08:30 SAST 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,0)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE LINUX 10.0
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc1 selinux=0  resume=/dev/hdc5  splash=silent showopts
    initrd /boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) (/dev/hdc6)###
title Fedora Core 4
    kernel (hd1,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 root=LABEL=/ vga=792 ro rhgb quiet
    initrd (hd1,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title windows 1
    chainloader (hd2,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
    chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 10.0
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc1 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
    initrd /boot/initrd

FC4 boots without issue. Same with XP.

Here is the fdisk output

Code:

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        9963    80027766    7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/hdc: 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/hdc1   *           1        3917    31463271   83  Linux
/dev/hdc2            3918       30401   212732730    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdc5            3918        4048     1052226   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdc6            4049        6894    22860463+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc7            6895        8853    15735636   83  Linux
/dev/hdc8            8854       10681    14683378+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc9           10682       21125    83891398+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc10          21126       27653    52436128+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc11          27654       29089    11534638+   b  W95 FAT32
/dev/hdc12          29090       30401    10538608+   b  W95 FAT32

Disk /dev/hdd: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1   *           1        9964    80035798+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sda: 131 MB, 131072000 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 253 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1         251      126472+   6  FAT16

Jongi · 01-26-2006, 02:04 PM

So now it works. I still can't install GRUB from YaST but the install from the command line worked.

I changed the following in the BIOS:

Boot Hard Drive: From HDD-0 to HDD-3 (I'm not sure this made much of a difference because even after I had run fixmbr from the XP disk it was booting XP - the primary master drive)

Access mode (the one with Auto,LBA,CHS and Large) for the 250GB HD that SUSE is on: From Auto to Large.

Reboot into SUSE.

# grub-install /dev/hda

I noticed that the device map file had changed from

/boot/grub/device.map.old

Code:

(fd0)   /dev/fd0
(hd0)   /dev/hda
(hd1)   /dev/hdc
(hd2)   /dev/hdd

to

/boot/grub/device.map

Code:

(fd0)   /dev/fd0
(hd3)   /dev/sda
(hd1)   /dev/hdc
(hd0)   /dev/hdd
(hd2)   /dev/hda

Then ran:
# grub
> find /boot/grub/stage1

Code:

(hd1,0)
(hd1,5)

> root (hd0,0)
> setup (hd0)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz
> boot

This produced
/boot/grub/menu.lst

Code:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Wed Jan 25 20:08:30 SAST 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,0)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SuSE Linux 10.0
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc1 selinux=0  resume=/dev/hdc5  splash=silent showopts vga=792
    initrd /boot/initrd


###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4) (/dev/hdc6)###
title Fedora Core 4
    kernel (hd1,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 root=LABEL=/ vga=792 ro rhgb quiet
    initrd (hd1,5)/boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1###
title Windows XP
    chainloader (hd2,0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
    chainloader (fd0)+1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 10.0
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc1 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume selinux=0 nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
    initrd /boot/initrd

I obviously changed the XP title after it worked.