Re: [MLUG] Kernel / GRUB

["Mike Pepper" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I upgraded my home machine to XP <I'll do just about anything for a stable
platform> I upgraded from Me, I am dual booting RedHat 7.1 and using Grub. I
was totally prepared to have to reconfigure Grub after the XP finished, I
also have never seen a distribution leave the MBR alone. I was elated when
the machine rebooted, and Grub came up just as always. Maybe MicroSoft
finally got one thing right. I have Windoze on the 1st partion. Good luck on
future upgrades

Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Monroe" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Kernel / GRUB


> I doubt 'boom grub sees both' and Windows 9*/ME will wipe out the MBR
> (where grub resides) like always. Not familar with nt/2000/xp.
>
> To add a kernel, (on Debian; your experience may vary) edit
> /boot/grub/menu.lst and type (in root) grub-install [device you are
> booting from, probably sda] and reboot. I would reccomend adding your
> new kernel, and allow yourself to boot into the old one. The only thing
> confusing about menu.lst is the name of the hardrives. (hd0,0) == hda1 and
> (hd1,0) == hdb1. I'm not sure about SCSI.
>
> Ian
>
> On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, George wrote:
>
> > Sorry for the lack of info...
> >
> > Running RH 7.2  / 2.4.12 is the kernel i want to add... boot partition
is
> > sda1 data is sda5...
> >
> > from what I am also reading you can add a windows install after you
alread
> > have linux up and running...  (old hard drive pulled from machine with
> > windows.. left out during linux install...  put back in as hdb/sdb after
> > linux install...  boom grub sees both? )
> >
> > George
> >
> > On Thursday 01 November 2001 01:54 pm, you wrote:
> > > What distrubution are you using? I know Debian has a thing that
converts
> > > the Linux naming scheme to the Grub one. Its like grub-config or
> > > something. Make sure you install on /dev/hda instead of /dev/hda1. I
did
> > > this (with Windows on hda1) and Windows stopped booting up (the old
Grub
> > > configuration was on hda, and the new one on hda1), but I asked on the
> > > Grub List (thought it was a little heavy-duty for MLUG (-;) and there
is a
> > > back up for the Windows boot loader that I was able to use and fix it
with
> > > dd.
> > >
> > > IIRC if your using symbolic links and you change them to the new
> > > kernel, you don't have to change anything (since GRUB can read
partitions,
> > > unlike LILO.)
> > >
> > > Theortically, there is some way to add kernels with the shell prompt
in
> > > Grub without editing the config files in Linux.
> > >
> > > Ian
> > >
> > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, George wrote:
> > > > hey all...
> > > >
> > > > After a kernel recompile i know the procedure for LILO
> > > >
> > > > ]# vi /etc/lilo.conf
> > > > <change what ya want to in lilo.conf>
> > > > ]# lilo -v
> > > > <reboot>
> > > > *done*
> > > >
> > > > what is the procedure for GRUB...
> > > >
> > > > George
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