On Mon, 2011-05-30 at 10:08 -0700, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > On 5/29/2011 3:47 PM, MJang wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-05-29 at 09:52 -0700, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > >> On 05/26/2011 07:25 PM, Derek Loree wrote: > >>> On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 08:01 -0700, Michael Ewan wrote: > >>>> On 5/25/2011 7:30 PM, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > >>>>> On 05/24/2011 07:32 PM, MJang wrote: > >>>>>> On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 17:01 -0700, Bruce Kilpatrick wrote: > >>>>>>> This should be a simple Google search, but I must not be using the > >>>>>>> correct syntax. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I was dual booting WinXP and Fedora 14. I decided to install Debian 6 > >>>>>>> to a blank partition. When all was said and done, I rebooted and, to > >>>>>>> my > >>>>>>> surprise, no Debian in the boot menu. I think Fedora uses Grub and > >>>>>>> Debian uses Grub2. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Can someone point me to something that will help me sort this out. > >>>>>> While I like the Ubuntu documentation on the subject > >>>>>> (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 ), I've stuck with GRUB 0.97, > >>>>>> because it's easier to configure and customize in a single > >>>>>> configuration > >>>>>> file. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> LMK if you'd like to see a copy of my grub.conf file, which is in a > >>>>>> similar triple boot (RHEL 6/Ubuntu Lucid/W7). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>> Mike > >>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>>> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >>>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>> I booted the computer with a live CD. I found the grub.cfg on the > >>>>> Debian partition. Looking the file over I note an entry set root=' > >>>>> (hd1,msdos6)'. I'm thinking I misdirected the grub installation. > >>>>> > >>>>> If my thinking is correct, do I need to reinstall, or is there a command > >>>>> to reinstall to the MBR? Or can I tell Fedora to find Debian and add > >>>>> it? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> > >>>>> Bruce > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>> > >>>> You don't need to reinstall, nor touch the mbr. The beauty of grub is > >>>> that the MBR looks at that file. Change the file and your boot should > >>>> work. The trick is determining where the partitions are and setting the > >>>> locations in grub.cfg appropriately. > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>> The other trick is determining which grub.cfg the MBR is reading! > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PLUG mailing list > >>> PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> Well, I know a little more than I did...Grub was installed to the MBR of > >> the memory stick that held the Debian install iso. Once up and running > >> I had more issues than Grub. More on that with a new topic, maybe. > >> > >> This may be as far as I get to play with this problem. A simple > >> reinstall may be the easiest fix for me. I just wanted to see and > >> tinker with Debian. > > I assume you figured out how to use grub-install to get the GRUB pointer > > into the MBR of the appropriate physical drive? > >> /home directory issues may keep me from mixing Fedora and Debian. > > I have RHEL 6 and Ubuntu Lucid on the same laptop, sharing the > > same /home directory. The key for me was to set up all UIDs/GIDs in the > > RHEL database starting with 1000. > > > > I boot into either, and can still use my /home configured tools (e.g. > > browser, PIM, e-mail, etc) in the same way on both systems. > > > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > Mike, > > Is there a way to do that without going through the list one by one and > making the changes to fit the Debian uid/gid model? > > I have not yet done the enough research to find the total answer for the > grub issue. I have found several web pages to start the learning > process of booting from a live cd and reinstalling grub2. I suppose I > could just update the Fedora grub and Debian would then be listed... > > Bruce > > Looks like usermod and groupmod might be the way to go...may have to fix > something outside of the /home at some point.
Yup, that's the start of my approach. I then proceeded to chown -R 1000.1000 on my home directory. If you have other regular user owned files, I suppose some sort of find exec command combo would take care of that. As for GRUB, your description is why I found it simpler to stick with GRUB 0.97 (what's on RHEL 6, and what I think is still the default for Fedora). Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
