Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
Hi Finally some sucess On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > You don't need to put the second grub on separate partition. You can > safely overwrite the first grub installation. > Tried this but then the second Linux OS disappears (rather its boot details) > If you still want to put second grub on separate partition then put it > on partition that contains '/' of second installation. So this is what it did First installed 8.10 which has a separate /boot /root and /home Then installed 7.10 in which there is only one partition /root - which includes its /boot however during the *installation* 7.10 asked me install bootloader - to which i said yes. However instead of allowing the default hd0 as the boot loader address i installed to hd0,7 which was the 7.10 /root partition (more on this later) So i rebooted and ofcourse 7.10 did not appear - but my 8.10 was alright - logged it and found the /boot/grub/menu.lst of 7.10 and picked up its main booting lines and inserted them as they were into the grub of 8.10. *Voila* now i can see all my 3 boot option (8.10, 7.10 and wince xp) , it also means i can choose to install many more distros , as long as i have enough space on my HD. ** The biggest problem i had was trying to figure out how my partition were mapped mean my hd appears as sda but the boot loader identifies my hd as hd0 . Further each partition has a different hd0 x number like sda1 = hd0, 0 sda2 = hd0, 1 etc once this got figure out it was easy to redirect installation of bootloader to the appropriate hd0 I used the following help site http://users.bigpond.net.au/hermanzone/p15.htm#A_Quick_Guide_to_Grubs_Numbering_System hope more people find this useful, since it makes multibooting Linux OS's quite quite easy ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Hardeep Singh > wrote: >> --- Original message --- >> From: Ramnarayan.K >> To: ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com >> Sent: 27.4.'09, 23:06 >> >>> what you mean is i should not specify a new /boot and let the new >>> linux os install its boot stuff in the / itself and then this section >>> would call the older grub (or the older installed linux ) as a >>> chainloader. >> >> Well not exactly, everything is correct except that the older grub would >> call the '/' grub as a chainloader, you'd need to reconfigure the older grub >> to add the entry. I'm still a Terminal phobic newbie so don't know how to >> add it, so i used easybcd on my windows install to add grub as a chainloader >> in Vista bootloader. > > Ok > The problem is - that when i install the second linux os (8.10) at one > stage in the installation it has where to install the grub , by > default it shows hdo(0), this is the same place where 7.10 (the older > existing linux has its boot) so i need to select the some other hdo > partition - the one where the new os will put its boot. Later i need > to edit the original grub (which should also be on the MBR) - the only > problem i have is how do i know which hdo(x) partition i need to put > the second grub on. You don't need to put the second grub on separate partition. You can safely overwrite the first grub installation. If you still want to put second grub on separate partition then put it on partition that contains '/' of second installation. Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Hardeep Singh wrote: > --- Original message --- > From: Ramnarayan.K > To: ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > Sent: 27.4.'09, 23:06 > >> what you mean is i should not specify a new /boot and let the new >> linux os install its boot stuff in the / itself and then this section >> would call the older grub (or the older installed linux ) as a >> chainloader. > > Well not exactly, everything is correct except that the older grub would call > the '/' grub as a chainloader, you'd need to reconfigure the older grub to > add the entry. I'm still a Terminal phobic newbie so don't know how to add > it, so i used easybcd on my windows install to add grub as a chainloader in > Vista bootloader. Ok The problem is - that when i install the second linux os (8.10) at one stage in the installation it has where to install the grub , by default it shows hdo(0), this is the same place where 7.10 (the older existing linux has its boot) so i need to select the some other hdo partition - the one where the new os will put its boot. Later i need to edit the original grub (which should also be on the MBR) - the only problem i have is how do i know which hdo(x) partition i need to put the second grub on. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
--- Original message --- From: Ramnarayan.K To: ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com Sent: 27.4.'09, 23:06 > what you mean is i should not specify a new /boot and let the new > linux os install its boot stuff in the / itself and then this section > would call the older grub (or the older installed linux ) as a > chainloader. Well not exactly, everything is correct except that the older grub would call the '/' grub as a chainloader, you'd need to reconfigure the older grub to add the entry. I'm still a Terminal phobic newbie so don't know how to add it, so i used easybcd on my windows install to add grub as a chainloader in Vista bootloader. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Hardeep Singh wrote: > > >> Ok earlier i have dual booted two Linux OS' and what i remember is >> that the later Linux automatically picked up the earlier os and >> replaced the grub loader incorporating the old, the winced and the new >> in the same boot loader, which i am assuming is in /boot. > > Not sure about what you did earlier but you can install grub in the boot > sector of your / partition and then call it via your regular grub or vista > bootloader that sits in your mbr. while installing Ubuntu, after entering all > configuration, the last page has an advanced tab, there you can specify where > to install the bootloader, just choose your install partition instead of your > mbr. > what you mean is i should not specify a new /boot and let the new linux os install its boot stuff in the / itself and then this section would call the older grub (or the older installed linux ) as a chainloader. ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
> Ok earlier i have dual booted two Linux OS' and what i remember is > that the later Linux automatically picked up the earlier os and > replaced the grub loader incorporating the old, the winced and the new > in the same boot loader, which i am assuming is in /boot. Not sure about what you did earlier but you can install grub in the boot sector of your / partition and then call it via your regular grub or vista bootloader that sits in your mbr. while installing Ubuntu, after entering all configuration, the last page has an advanced tab, there you can specify where to install the bootloader, just choose your install partition instead of your mbr. There's also another way to do it via terminal on an already installed OS, maybe experts here can explain how to do it. -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
Hi On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:14 PM, Onkar Shinde wrote: > I don't think you can share /boot partition. But I have never done > such type of installation so I will wait for someone else to provide > insights. Ok earlier i have dual booted two Linux OS' and what i remember is that the later Linux automatically picked up the earlier os and replaced the grub loader incorporating the old, the winced and the new in the same boot loader, which i am assuming is in /boot. Can't find my earlier notes However, assuming that it requires a separate /boot would that mean i need to create a further /boot partition ?? ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
Re: [ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote: > Hi > > In desperation to access the internet via my BSNL / CDMA WLL phone i > reinstalled Ubuntu 7.10. I have left space for another Linux OS > (probably Kubuntu 8.10 - since i have that CD) > > The following is my HD partitioning > /dev/sda8 6.5G 2.0G 4.2G 33% / (ubuntu 7.10 root and home > /dev/sda6 92M 23M 64M 27% /boot > /dev/sda1 13G 12G 844M 94% /media/sda1 (Wince XP) > /dev/sda2 2.8G 759M 2.1G 27% /media/sda2 (VFAT Shared drive) > /dev/sda7 43G 30G 12G 73% /media/sda7 (/Home from my > previous install which i want to keep as my default home) > /dev/sda9 6.7G 2.2G 4.2G 35% /media/sda9 (space for new Linux > OS) > > Ok the main question is i tried to install a second Ubuntu with sda9 > as /root and sda7 as /home and the sda6 was the /boot however Ubuntu > 8.10 did not pick up the previously installed version of 7.10 and i > was left without my 7.10. > > When the option came to partition i selected manual and did not select > the option for the 8.10 installtion to format the /boot (which i > assume needs to be the same as my older boot partition) I don't think you can share /boot partition. But I have never done such type of installation so I will wait for someone else to provide insights. Onkar -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
[ubuntu-in] Dual Booting K/Ubuntu's
Hi In desperation to access the internet via my BSNL / CDMA WLL phone i reinstalled Ubuntu 7.10. I have left space for another Linux OS (probably Kubuntu 8.10 - since i have that CD) The following is my HD partitioning /dev/sda8 6.5G 2.0G 4.2G 33% / (ubuntu 7.10 root and home /dev/sda6 92M 23M 64M 27% /boot /dev/sda1 13G 12G 844M 94% /media/sda1 (Wince XP) /dev/sda2 2.8G 759M 2.1G 27% /media/sda2 (VFAT Shared drive) /dev/sda7 43G 30G 12G 73% /media/sda7 (/Home from my previous install which i want to keep as my default home) /dev/sda9 6.7G 2.2G 4.2G 35% /media/sda9 (space for new Linux OS) Ok the main question is i tried to install a second Ubuntu with sda9 as /root and sda7 as /home and the sda6 was the /boot however Ubuntu 8.10 did not pick up the previously installed version of 7.10 and i was left without my 7.10. When the option came to partition i selected manual and did not select the option for the 8.10 installtion to format the /boot (which i assume needs to be the same as my older boot partition) So what could be going wrong. regards ram -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
