Re: (Solved) Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
On Mon, 14 May 2012 01:20:11 -0400, Long Wind wrote: Thank Camaleón! I decide I'll replace Mandrake 9.2 with etch and I have tested with etch etch can boot squeeze Well, of course Etch -GRUB legacy- can boot Squeeze and Squeeze -GRUB2- can also boot Mandrake, but if that's an acceptable solution for you, fine then. Anyway, I hope you have a compelling reason for running such old and unsupported operating system (etch/mandrake). Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jor864$a7a$8...@dough.gmane.org
Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
On Sat, 12 May 2012 20:05:44 -0400, Long Wind wrote:
my hard disk looks like this:
sda1: Win XP
sda3: Mandrake 9.2
sda4: lenny
And you were booting from lenny, right?
now I install squeeze at sda4
(lenny erased)
And GRUB2 comes to place.
XP boots OK
but Mandrake 9.2 can't boot
(After I select Mandrade in grub menu, it reboots)
I attach grub.cfg
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
# linux installation on /dev/sda3.
menuentry Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 (on /dev/sda3) {
set root=(hd0,msdos3)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 0f25beee-f0b9-11e0-97a1-d11beb0186be
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk root=/dev/sda3
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img
Wow... that's a very old Mandrake release (kernel 2.4.22), and from the
above line, it seems that you are not using chainloading but directly
booting your old Mandrake from GRUB2. If yes, then it can be that you
(well, not you but the os-prober) missed something at the boot entry,
I would try to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line, test some
combos and when you finally get it, edit the corresponding menu file
from (/etc/grub.d/*) accordingly.
Greetings,
--
Camaleón
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Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
On 5/13/12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wow... that's a very old Mandrake release (kernel 2.4.22), and from the above line, it seems that you are not using chainloading but directly booting your old Mandrake from GRUB2. If yes, then it can be that you (well, not you but the os-prober) missed something at the boot entry, I would try to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line, test some combos and when you finally get it, edit the corresponding menu file from (/etc/grub.d/*) accordingly. Greetings, -- Camaleón Thank Camaleón! I have used multiboot in early debian distro this time it seems very hard I don't know how to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line Maybe I shall give up -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cab-gxzaq_eikcjxkhtvpgm3dnage8pmyzq6mzbrs8akf5g3...@mail.gmail.com
Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 09:01:21AM -0400, Long Wind wrote: On 5/13/12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wow... that's a very old Mandrake release (kernel 2.4.22), and from the above line, it seems that you are not using chainloading but directly booting your old Mandrake from GRUB2. If yes, then it can be that you (well, not you but the os-prober) missed something at the boot entry, I would try to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line, test some combos and when you finally get it, edit the corresponding menu file from (/etc/grub.d/*) accordingly. Greetings, -- Camaleón Thank Camaleón! I have used multiboot in early debian distro this time it seems very hard I don't know how to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line Maybe I shall give up If you still have your Mandrake 9.2 installer disk, you could use it to boot your installation on the hdd, then run grub-install to install it on the root partition, rather than on the mbr. Then it's a simple matter of editing /etc/grub.d/40_custom to add the chainloader Mandrake entry, and run update-grub. If you don't have the Mandrake installer anymore, any good live linux cd with a 2.4 kernel option should let you chroot in. -- ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ Indulekha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120513131054.GA14890@radhesyama
Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
On Sun, 13 May 2012 09:01:21 -0400, Long Wind wrote: On 5/13/12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wow... that's a very old Mandrake release (kernel 2.4.22), and from the above line, it seems that you are not using chainloading but directly booting your old Mandrake from GRUB2. If yes, then it can be that you (well, not you but the os-prober) missed something at the boot entry, I would try to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line, test some combos and when you finally get it, edit the corresponding menu file from (/etc/grub.d/*) accordingly. Thank Camaleón! I have used multiboot in early debian distro this time it seems very hard You were facing no problems before because the two linux distributions you had installed were using GRUB legacy. Now you have add a new player (GRUB2) to the booting game and that's why you may need to tweak the menu so you can boot Mandrake. I don't know how to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line Neither do I but I (and you) do know how to search, right? ;-) Okay, when you are in GRUB2 menu, press the c key to reach the command line mode. From there you can start to speak with GRUB2 and run commands, for example (this is just for demo purposes with a minimal set of options, I don't know if it will work for you as is): set root=(hd0,3) linux (hd0,3)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk initrd (hd0,3)/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img boot Remember to press the Enter key after every command and (very important!) watch for the ouput. The goal here is that GRUB2 can find the Mandrake root partition and boot the kernel image from it. Maybe I shall give up Oh, come on, this is linux, marine. You've been trained to be prepared to survive these kind of situations (and even worst) :-P Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/joohua$dun$1...@dough.gmane.org
Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
On Sun, 2012-05-13 at 14:54 +, Camaleón wrote: On Sun, 13 May 2012 09:01:21 -0400, Long Wind wrote: On 5/13/12, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: Wow... that's a very old Mandrake release (kernel 2.4.22), and from the above line, it seems that you are not using chainloading but directly booting your old Mandrake from GRUB2. If yes, then it can be that you (well, not you but the os-prober) missed something at the boot entry, I would try to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line, test some combos and when you finally get it, edit the corresponding menu file from (/etc/grub.d/*) accordingly. Thank Camaleón! I have used multiboot in early debian distro this time it seems very hard You were facing no problems before because the two linux distributions you had installed were using GRUB legacy. Now you have add a new player (GRUB2) to the booting game and that's why you may need to tweak the menu so you can boot Mandrake. I don't know how to manually boot Mandrake from GRUB2 command line Neither do I but I (and you) do know how to search, right? ;-) Okay, when you are in GRUB2 menu, press the c key to reach the command line mode. From there you can start to speak with GRUB2 and run commands, for example (this is just for demo purposes with a minimal set of options, I don't know if it will work for you as is): set root=(hd0,3) linux (hd0,3)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk initrd (hd0,3)/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk.img boot Remember to press the Enter key after every command and (very important!) watch for the ouput. The goal here is that GRUB2 can find the Mandrake root partition and boot the kernel image from it. Maybe I shall give up Oh, come on, this is linux, marine. You've been trained to be prepared to survive these kind of situations (and even worst) :-P Greetings, -- Camaleón Did you install grub2 on the master boot sector of your first boot drive? OR; Is this a single drive with multiple partitions? frosty -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1336926648.8089.4.ca...@beast.johnwfoster.com
(Solved) Re: multiboot problem in squeeze
Thank Camaleón! I decide I'll replace Mandrake 9.2 with etch and I have tested with etch etch can boot squeeze -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cab-gxzdblfepz0x6bfpuvruregfm_k80g_y7xndrdpexjk0...@mail.gmail.com
multiboot problem in squeeze
my hard disk looks like this: sda1: Win XP sda3: Mandrake 9.2 sda4: lenny now I install squeeze at sda4 (lenny erased) XP boots OK but Mandrake 9.2 can't boot (After I select Mandrade in grub menu, it reboots) I attach grub.cfg grub.cfg Description: Binary data
