--- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > I have a 500 GB hard drive that I use to install distros for testing > purposes. I am having trouble with two partitions. I have Fedora 14, > LMDE, OpenSuSE 11.4 and Ubuntu Natty installed. I have grub written to > the drive (sdg) MBR and not the MBR of sda. Here is the problem, > Fedora and LMDE load fine, but openSuSE and Natty do not. I get an > error there is no string-of-alphanumerics for the UUID and it can't > find the kernel. These are new partitions and can't understand why the > UUIDs would mess up. > > I have tried two grubs, one generated by Kubuntu on sda and one > generated by LMDE on the MBR of the drive where it is not working. > OpenSuSE's grub is useless. It keeps on writing to sda despite my > telling it not to and then I need to use the Kubuntu CD to fix the > problem. Fedora uses grub legacy and does not poll the drivers for > other kernels, so it works, but only recognises Fedora which is no > help. I am willing to delete partitions and start over, but that has > not worked thus far. > > How do I fix it by either fixing grub on the drives in question or > generating a UUID that will work? I thought that Gparted would fix the > problem, but it did not, despite destroying the partitions and > creating new ones. The UUIDs created by Gparted are different from the > previous ones, but they still give an error. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 10.10, 64-bit > Location: Canada > You do not have to use UUIDs but instead can use volume labels.
http://lissot.net/partition/ext2fs/labels.html This is the popular method of getting out of UUID HDD hell. It also works with hda > sda nonsense as well. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
