Thank you very much geleem. I will inform you about the result after trying the procedure. I have posted on other forum and mailing list too but no one has come up with a clear solution like yours. Thanks again for your suggestion.
Tanmoy On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 7:44 PM, g <gel...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > On 09/09/2010 01:20 PM, Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote: > <snip> > > > PROBLEM: > > 1) After installing Fedora, rebooting the system does not come up with > usual > > grub list of OS's and I can't log into ubuntu. I can only log into fedora > > though I can find the ubuntu partition and even browse my files there. > > this is because fedora over wrote your ubuntu boot sector and fedora does > not recognize ubuntu partition. > > > > Can anybody suggest some other solution for a novice like me? > > > in fedora, directory "/boot/grub", file "grub.conf", add following > between ++++ at end of file. > > ++++ > > title Ubuntu os ($version.number) > root (hd$x,$y) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-$version.number ro root=LABEL=/ \ > devfs=nomount resume=/dev/hd$x$y acpi=force vga=794 > initrd /boot/initrd-$version.number.img > > ++++ > > *notes:* > replace "$version.number" with ubuntu version > replace "$x" with drive number. where values are 0, 1, 2, 3. > replace "$y" with partition number. where values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. > > "root=" may be "sda$y", "sdb$y", "sdc$y", "sdd$y", or "UUID" for partition. > > use "acpi=force" to force loading of 'acpi'. > > use "vga=794" to display a screen sizing of 54 x 120 > > "\" is a 'line break' and is not actually used. > > *also:* > look at what is currently in your fedora 13 "grub.conf" file to get > idea of structure. > > if your 'ubuntu' partition is mounted, open file "/boot/grub/grub.conf" > and copy "title" info to your f13 grub.conf file. > > > hth. > > > btw. > if you would, please post in "text/plain" and not "text/html" > thank you. > > > -- > > peace out. > > tc,hago. > > g > . > > **** > in a free world without fences, who needs gates. > ** > help microsoft stamp out piracy - give linux to a friend today. > ** > to mess up a linux box, you need to work at it. > to mess up an ms windows box, you just need to *look* at it. > ** > learn linux: > 'Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition' http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html > 'The Linux Documentation Project' http://www.tldp.org/ > 'LDP HOWTO-index' http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/index.html > 'HowtoForge' http://howtoforge.com/ > **** > > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > >
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