sa3atsky
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« on: June 17, 2007, 03:03:19 am » |
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Hi, just installed Vector Linux and installed grub..
After that grub gives me error 17 on loading, I know this problem as Ive already experienced this before..
My pc is running through a sata contoller therefore the harddisks are referred to as (sda, sdb, sdc) instead of hd0 which is set as default for GRUB.. All I need to do is change "hd0" to "sda",.. How do I edit GRUB now? First of all, I cant find the grub.conf file anywhere, like it didnt install.. all I found was vgrubconf or something resembling that that I couldnt edit through the Vector Linux livecd which is the only working livecd i have right now.
Somebody please help me edit Grub.conf and get this over with coz I'm stuck at error 17, thanks..
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stoichyu
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« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2007, 05:00:33 am » |
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grub.conf is usually just a symlink to menu.lst (which is the actual config file), it should be in /boot/grub, hope it helps.  |
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sa3atsky
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« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2007, 12:53:06 pm » |
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And how do I go about editing this file???
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retired1af
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« Reply #3 on: June 17, 2007, 01:44:43 pm » |
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As root, you can type mcedit menu.lst and modify the file.
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sa3atsky
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« Reply #4 on: June 17, 2007, 02:19:52 pm » |
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Everytime I try to edit the file with nano it tells me it saves but the saved changes dont appear when I check the file again
It is still error 17 like I didnt do anything.. And there are a few files like menu.lst.save and menu.lst.save.1.. What the hell is going on?
In the beginning it says its generated by the vgrubconf file. How do I edit that? Grub sucks, please help!
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sa3atsky
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« Reply #5 on: June 17, 2007, 03:46:23 pm » |
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Heres my grub file: please have a look # GRUB configuration file '/boot/grub/menu.lst'.
# generated by 'vgrubconf'. Sun Jun 17 05:55:15 2007
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# Start GRUB global section
timeout 60
default 0
splashimage=(sdb1)/boot/bitmap/boot.xpm
#color light-gray/blue black/light-gray
# End GRUB global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Linux on (/dev/sdb1)
root (sdb1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb1 ro vga=normal
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
title Linux on (/dev/sdb2)
root (sdb2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 ro vga=normal
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Other bootable partition config begins
title Windows on (/dev/sdc1)
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd2,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
# Other bootable partition config ends
title --- For help press 'c', type: 'help'
root (hd0)
title --- For usage examples, type: 'cat /boot/grub/grub.txt'
root (hd0) |
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sa3atsky
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« Reply #6 on: June 17, 2007, 09:56:34 pm » |
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okay ive decided to uninstall grub and install lilo
I dont really need an "advanced" bootloader since Im gonna be only using Vector Linux and no other OS..
how do I uninstall grub??
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Triarius Fidelis
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« Reply #7 on: June 17, 2007, 11:27:20 pm » |
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I'm not positive, but I think you can just overwrite GRUB in the Master Boot Record with LILO.
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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2007, 08:41:13 am » |
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yep, there is no uninstall command, you need to overwrite the mbr, i.e., install lilo over.
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sa3atsky
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« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2007, 08:52:22 am » |
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My grub isnt in the Master boot record.. Its only in sdb1, the partition inwhich vectorlinux is installed
Do I just delete the folder in /boot/ ?
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« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2007, 02:53:05 pm » |
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Hello, no, do not deleet folder /boot. I recommend you to read file that you can find on www.gnulinuxcentar.org/bootloader.pdfand after that decide what you want to do with your bootloader. regards, veki |
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Triarius Fidelis
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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2007, 10:14:19 am » |
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My grub isnt in the Master boot record.. Its only in sdb1, the partition inwhich vectorlinux is installed
Do I just delete the folder in /boot/ ?
If you install into the MBR, sdb1 will be ignored. If you install into sdb1, GRUB will be overwritten. All out epic win for LILO either way. |
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