Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: You can hit 'c' to bring up a command line when GRUB pops up. :) Now I just need to figure out how to add BeOS... thanks Kathleen...I think there's a menu file for grub that you can edit. I read something about that today

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-21 Thread Mark Weaver
Barry Premeaux wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: You can hit 'c' to bring up a command line when GRUB pops up. :) Now I just need to figure out how to add BeOS... thanks Kathleen...I think there's a menu file for grub that you can edit. I read

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-21 Thread Kathleen Dickason
I ended up adding title BeOS root (hda1,0) makeactive chainloader +1 to GRUB in vi and now it works like a charm :))) thanks all for the help! apparently with BeOS you have to use a chainloader, like Windows, and not boot from the kernel as with Linux or BSD. anyway, I'm a happy camper now

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Mark Weaver
Kathleen Dickason wrote: You can hit 'c' to bring up a command line when GRUB pops up. :) Now I just need to figure out how to add BeOS... thanks Kathleen...I think there's a menu file for grub that you can edit. I read something about that today from the list. ...ok...I was looking for

[newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Kathleen Dickason
Okay, I have kind of a silly question. How do I add another OS to GRUB? I started with a dual-boot Windows98/Mandrake 7.1 setup, and GRUB worked just dandy. Still does, but I have since added a 2nd hard drive and two more OSes, one of which I boot from floppy, and the other of which I

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Paul
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote: Okay, I have kind of a silly question. How do I add another OS to GRUB? Still does, but I have since added a 2nd hard drive and two more OSes, one of which I boot from floppy, and the other of which I access by typing things in GRUB's command

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote: Okay, I have kind of a silly question. How do I add another OS to GRUB? Still does, but I have since added a 2nd hard drive and two more OSes, one of which I boot from floppy, and the other of which I access by typing things in GRUB's

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Kathleen Dickason
Charles A Edwards wrote: On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Kathleen Dickason wrote: Okay, I have kind of a silly question. How do I add another OS to GRUB? As far as I know, you need to edit (as Root) /boot/grub/menu.lst Check "info grub" and look at the Installation section, this should get you

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Kathleen Dickason
You can hit 'c' to bring up a command line when GRUB pops up. :) Now I just need to figure out how to add BeOS... Mark Weaver wrote: Kathleen Dickason wrote: Okay, I have kind of a silly question. How do I add another OS to GRUB? I started with a dual-boot Windows98/Mandrake 7.1

Re: [newbie] GRUB bootloader question

2000-08-20 Thread Tom Brinkman
How do I add BeOS? This is the OS I am currently booting from floppy. It's on the first partition on my 2nd hd, but GRUB doesn't seem to recognize the partition type. Can anyone help? Thanks Kathleen just a hunch, completely logout as user and log into root's desktop. Then try it