If having multiple partitions is the problem or part of the problem, how do I make /dev/hda2 bootable and make the others not bootable? Is that the only thing that needs to be done in addition to the other steps?
--- Art Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeremy Merritt wrote: > > >I have been having a problem getting my GRUB > >bootloader to return on boot. No matter what I do, > it > >keeps going to XP. I consulted with other people on > >this list and got some good input. But have run > into a > >dead end again. Can someone analyze these steps and > >tell me what I'm doing wrong, or what I need to do > to > >get the GRUB menu to return the way it was when I > >first installed Debian: > > > >Steps so far: > > > >1. Boot up with live CD (Knoppix) > >2. Activate shell and go root > >3. Mount /dev/hda5 as /mnt/hda5 > >4. chroot /mnt/hda5 /bin/bash > >5. grub-install /dev/hda5 -- Reports successful > >install but no results on bootup > > > >fdisk -l information (hda5=Mandrake, hdb2=Debian, > >system is booting from hda1=XP): > > > >Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes > >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/hda1 * 1 2433 19543041 7 HPFS/NTFS > >/dev/hda2 2434 4865 19535040 5 Extended > >/dev/hda5 2434 3197 6136798+ 83 Linux > >/dev/hda6 3198 3337 1124518+ 82 Linux swap > >/dev/hda7 3338 4865 12273628+ 83 Linux > > > >Disk /dev/hdb: 61.4 GB, 61492838400 bytes > >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 7476 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/hdb1 1 3188 25607578+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA) > >/dev/hdb2 * 3189 7298 33013575 83 Linux > >/dev/hdb3 7299 7476 1429785 5 Extended > >/dev/hdb5 7299 7476 1429753+ 82 Linux swap > > > >Disk /dev/hdd: 30.0 GB, 30020272128 bytes > >255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 3649 cylinders > >Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > > >Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > >/dev/hdd1 * 1 3649 29310561 83 Linux > > > > > > > >__________________________________ > >Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > From your listing, it seems that you have multiple > bootable partitions. > You should only have one. On hda, it seems that you > are booting from the > windoze partition, in which case, unless you have > configured the XP > boot-loader for linux, it will always boot into XP. > If hda2 is / for the > first linux system, I would make that bootable and > run grub from there. > I think you can also overwrite the MBR. I have a > dual boot laptop with > XP and debian. I overwrote the MBR and boot > everything from GRUB. > > Art Edwards > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
