Hi I have installed OpenSolaris successfully but when it finished the installation and rebooted the machine, my grub loader was empty (I was getting the grub prompt), so I managed to reinstall my old grub. I have googled everywhere about how to add an OpenSolaris entry to my current menu.lst but it seems impossible, every entry fails or I get the error "kernel first must be loaded in order to boot". Why it is so hard for my grub to boot into OpenSolaris?
Im copying my menu.lst: =========================================== # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) # grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 10 ## hiddenmenu # Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu) #hiddenmenu # Pretty colours color cyan/blue #color white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=UUID=a9ef5922-8e08-402f-8653-af1dbd65ee0f ro ## Setup crashdump menu entries ## e.g. crashdump=1 # crashdump=0 ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,2) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions=quiet splash ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options ## e.g. lockold=false ## lockold=true # lockold=false ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenhopt= ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenkopt=console=tty0 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(recovery) single # altoptions=(recovery mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system ## can be true or false # updatedefaultentry=false ## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options ## can be true or false # savedefault=false ## ## End Default Options ## title Ubuntu 8 Hardy Heron root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=a9ef5922-8e08-402f-8653-af1dbd65ee0f ro quiet splash initrd /initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic quiet title Ubuntu 8.04 (recovery mode) root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=a9ef5922-8e08-402f-8653-af1dbd65ee0f ro single initrd /initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic title FreeBSD 6.3 RELEASE root (hd1,a) chainloader +1 title [memtest86+] root (hd0,2) kernel /memtest86+.bin quiet =========================================== and this is my fdisk -l display: Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0f8000b1 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ bf Solaris /dev/sda2 2551 2612 498015 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 2613 2624 96390 83 Linux /dev/sda4 2625 9729 57070912+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x3db9efb7 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 7011 56315826 83 Linux /dev/sdb2 * 7012 7024 104422+ 83 Linux /dev/sdb3 7025 19457 99868072+ 8e Linux LVM I really need to start learning Solaris because of my work, please somebody help me. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org
