On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 18:16 -0800, Carl Lowenstein responded to my request in SDLUG: [...]
> For the crazy stuff that I want to try out next, it would probably make > sense to find out in advance how I can prevent bootloaders that come > with Linux distributions and want to install themselves by default from > overwriting the one I ended up with right now (whatever ubuntu 6.10 put > on by default; once I understand all the stuff quoted below, I'll > probably want to make a more educated choice; until then, if it ain't > broke ...). > > Looking forward to the next installfest ... probably I'll pester anybody > willing to listen with questions how to play MPEGs, DVDs, floppy > disks[!] etc., how to do _incremental_ backups of important data, ... or > how to get Linux onto a "vintage" Macintosh G3 powerbook. >Tell the new installation to put the bootloader in the partition containing the root file system, not in the Master Boot Record. Then you can steal the information generated in the /boot/grub/grub.conf and add it to the real grub.conf that Ubuntu installed. With some care to avoid name conflicts. carl
The Edgy Eft saith: $ ll /boot total 8308 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285604 2006-10-13 12:09 abi-2.6.17-10-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 74645 2006-10-13 09:13 config-2.6.17-10-generic drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2006-11-01 16:27 grub -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5638978 2006-11-04 15:06 initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94600 2006-10-20 04:44 memtest86+.bin -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 728690 2006-10-13 12:09 System.map-2.6.17-10-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1636681 2006-10-13 12:09 vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic $ ll /boot/grub/ total 188 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 197 2006-11-01 16:27 default -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15 2006-11-01 16:27 device.map -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7508 2006-11-01 16:27 e2fs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7332 2006-11-01 16:27 fat_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 2006-11-01 16:27 installed-version -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8128 2006-11-01 16:27 jfs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4221 2006-11-01 16:27 menu.lst -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6804 2006-11-01 16:27 minix_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9076 2006-11-01 16:27 reiserfs_stage1_5 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 2006-11-01 16:27 stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 105652 2006-11-01 16:27 stage2 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8764 2006-11-01 16:27 xfs_stage1_5 It seems that only device.map and menu.lst are readable. No trace of /boot/grub/grub.conf My more or less educated guess would be that I need to be looking into /boot/grub/menu.lst . - Christoph -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie
