Hi list, I fail to re-install Grub on a host, and don't understand what I'm doing wrong.
I have: disk c4d0: partition 1 ntfs windows xp partition 2 solaris (actually with OpenSolaris on it, not OI), bootable partition 3 fat32 partition 4 fat32 disk c4d1: partition 1 btrfs linux partition 2 extended partition 5 swap for linux Initially, I only had a multiboot windows + opensolaris (Grub from OpenSolaris). I installed Linux on a second disk, and it failed to correctly install grub so that now my MBR is corrupt and I can't boot anything :( I booted on a OpenIndiana Live CD. And then I do: sudo -s # zpool -f import rpool # zfs set mountpoint=/a rpool # installgrub -m /boot/grub/stage1 /boot/grub/stage2 /dev/rsdk/c4d0s0 It warns me it's going to overwrite the MBR (which is what I want), and tells me it successfully writes everything (stage1, stage2). But of course, when I reboot, I still have that corrupt grub from Linux... :( Please help! - I am expecting to install grub on the first sectors of my disk 1 (c4d0) and have a multiboot for all 3 OS. Intuitively, I would have thus written installgrub -m ... /dev/rdsk/c4d0p0, but installgrub does not allow that. It absolutely wants it on slice 0, which refers to the entire solaris partition (which by the way is flagged as bootable -- via fdisk). Is the problem that corrupt mbr of linux indeed stays at the beginning of c4d0p0? how can I fix that? - I don't really understand why I have to import rpool. It makes sense if I were reading stage1 and stage2 of the disk (installgrub -m /a/boot/grub/stage1 ...), but actually, I do not have a stage1 on my disk at that location! So, I actually use the stage1 and stage2 of the liveCD (and copied them to /a/boot/grub...) Any other idea to troubleshoot this issue appreciated. Best regards, Axelle _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
