on 12/24/03 8:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2003 : Issue 4031 > > Today's Topics: > Re: Changing bootloader and FS quest [ Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > problems booting with grub [ Grant Bierman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in Debian [ Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > How that dependency turned up? [ Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 in Debian [ Axel Burwitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Bootable Debian ISO [ Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Howto? ATI Radeon on Sarge [ Angus D Madden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: problems booting with grub [ Uwe Dippel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > PPPoE server settings [ "Evgeny Boksha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: (no subject) [ Ken Gilmour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] > Re: Kernel 2.6.0 and Debian [ "Martin J Hooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Debian Certified Laptops! [ "Jeffrey L. Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > Re: Gnome-Session ? what's needed fo [ =?iso-8859-1?q?Leandro_Guimar=E3es_ ] > Re: Challenge to the debian communit [ =?iso-8859-1?q?Leandro_Guimar=E3es_ ] > Re: (no subject) [ Antony Gelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED] ] > > From: Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Changing bootloader and FS question > > As someone else pointed out, "apt-get install grub" will install the > grub package. To install it in the mbr, your run "grub-install /dev/hda" > (assuming you are installing it on /dev/hda). However, once you do this, > when you go to reboot, you'll simply be presented with a prompt that > says: "grub>". You can use that to boot Linux (or another OS) if you > know what to type at the prompt. What you should do is construct a file > /boot/grub/menu.lst, which has everything you need in it - then you > won't have to type anything, just choose from a menu. Below I've > included what I have in that file - yours will no doubt differ depending > on what's installed in your partitions. > > You ought to read this primer: > http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue85/4622.html > > After you've digested that, download a grub boot floppy image and > experiment with that before you actually install to the hard drive. > > regards, > Robert > > # /boot/grub/menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) > # -------------------- grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), > # grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub > # and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/. > > ## default num > # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from > # 0, and the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. > # > # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default > # entry is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. > default 0 > > ## timeout sec > # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the > # default entry(normally the first entry defined). > timeout 30 > > # Pretty colours > color cyan/blue white/blue > > # Display a splashscreen > splashimage (hd0,4)/boot/splash.xpm.gz > foreground bbbbbb > background 000000 > > ## password ['--md5'] passwd > # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive > # editing control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries > # protected by the command 'lock' > # e.g. password topsecret > # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ > # password topsecret > > # > # examples > # > # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 > # root (hd0,0) > # makeactive > # chainloader +1 > # > # title Linux > # root (hd0,1) > # kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro > # > > # > # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST > > ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified > ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default optons below > > ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs > > ## ## Start Default Options ## > ## default kernel options > ## default kernel options for automagic boot options > ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro > # kopt=root=/dev/hda5 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi > > ## default grub root device > ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) > # groot=(hd0,4) > > ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options > ## e.g. alternative=true > ## alternative=false > # alternative=true > > ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options > ## e.g. lockalternative=true > ## lockalternative=false > # lockalternative=false > > ## altoption boot targets option > ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed > ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options > ## altoptions=(recovery mode) single > # altoptions=(single user mode) single > > ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst > ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the > ## alternative kernel options > ## e.g. howmany=all > ## howmany=7 > # howmany=all > > ## ## End Default Options ## > > title Knoppix 3.3 > root (hd0,7) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi > initrd /boot/initrd.gz > savedefault > boot > > title SUSE > root (hd0,2) > kernel (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=silent > desktop hdd=ide-scsi hddlun=0 showopts > initrd (hd0,2)/boot/initrd > boot > > title Slackware > root (hd0,6) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi apm=power-off > boot > > title Windows > root (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > > title Libranet GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.21 (single user mode) > root (hd0,4) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21 root=/dev/hda5 ro hdc=scsi hdd=scsi single > savedefault > boot > > ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST > > title Memory Test > root (hd0,4) > kernel /boot/memtest86.bin > > From: Grant Bierman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 11:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: problems booting with grub > > After re-installing debian via knoppix on my parents computer, and > dist-updating. I installed grub again and at the time thought it was all > configured right. > > > But when it once re-started after the storm pass through the other night > what was seen on the screen was error 15 after stage 1.5. *sigh* > > So I pulled out the knoppix cd and check this and that and fix the grub > menu.lst. And rebooted, no go so I then made a grub-floppy only to get > read error at stage two... > > Now I'm not sure what to try next, boot is on /dev/hda1, root is at > /dev/hda3 and it did boot with lilo. The only other boot related change > I made when I installed grub was apt installing kernel 2.6.0 test 9. > > Any suggestions?
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