Rodolfo Medina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On my PC, besides the swap partition, I have one partition, hda1, for MS >>> Windows and another five for Linux: hda6, had7, hda8, hda9, hda10. >>> >>> At the moment the `boot partition' is hda6 and I want it to be, say, hda9. >>> Sorry if I can'y use the right words. Maybe I should say that the hda6 >>> Grub boot loader is now installed to the master boot record of my hard >>> drive whereas the hda9 boot loader is installed to the /dev/hda9 partition?
Joe Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> There are more than one way to do this, but this will (should) work: >> >> #grub >> grub>root (hd0,8) >> grub>setup (hd0) >> grub>quit >> >> hd0,8 = /dev/hda9, so you should be alright with those command. Note that >> the # and the grub> are the prompts. Rodolfo: > I tested it and it seems to work fine. Only, I can't now restore the previous > situation: I do: > > # grub > grub > root (hd0,5) > grub > setup (hd0) > grub > quit > > , then reboot but the system can't get into hda6. It's strange, I find no > reason why it works with hda9 and not with hda6. Please, any ideas? I've done more tests and these are my conclusions: 1) if I run the above grub commands from the `target' partition everything goes well: e.g., if I want to install hda6 grub boot loader to the mbr, I have to do: # grub grub > root (hd0,5) grub > setup (hd0) grub > quit from hda6; instead, if I want to install hda9 grub boot loader to the mbr, I have to do: # grub grub > root (hd0,8) grub > setup (hd0) grub > quit from hda9. This way things seems to go fine. 2) If I give those commands from Knoppix 5.0, they work for Etch, whereas Sarge does not manage to boot any more: I have to get back to Knoppix and install Etch grub to mbr, boot from there into Sarge and there install grub to mbr. So, if I want to use those commands, from Knoppix, to, say, restore Linux boot after a Windows installation, they are not supposed to work with Sarge, whereas they should with Etch. What do you think? Bye, Rodolfo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
