$ sudo grubThere is Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex installed on (hd0,5) and I installed OzOS (Ubuntu variant using E17 Desktop) on (hd0,2) which overwrote the MBR. Now I want to format (hd0,2) but if I do it without setting up the Grub's MBR pointing to (hd0,5) my system would become un-bootable.
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grub> find /boot/grub/stage1
(hd0,2)
(hd0,5)
grub>
root (hd0,5)
grub> setup (hd0)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded.
succeeded
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,5)/boot/grub/stage2
/boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
Done.
grub> quit
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By the command root (hd0,5) I have told Grub to use the menu.lst of (hd0,5) while setting up.
Simple, isn't it, only three commands:
grub> find /boot/grub/stage1Now suppose I want to boot OzOS installed on (hd0,2) I can edit menu.lst on (hd0,5) and make an entry to boot it but I decided to use some other way which is not commonly used to boot Linux.
grub> root (hd0,X)
grub> setup (hd0)
$ sudo grubI have setup grub of (hd0,2) on the partition itself instead of MBR and edited menu.lst as follows:
grub> root (hd0,2)
grub> setup (hd0,2)
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes
Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0,2)"... failed (this is not fatal)
Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0,5) /boot/grub/stage2 p /boot/grub/menu
.lst "... succeeded
Done.
grub> chainloader +1
grub> boot
title OzOSWhen I select OzOS on grub installed on MBR it "chainloads" the bootloader installed on (hd0,2) which opens another boot menu (listing menu.lst of hda3).
root (hd0,2)
chainloader +1
1 comment:
Dear Kamalesh,
I would like to talk to you regarding building Linux Distro.
Can you please let me know your mail id to take it further.
With Best Regards,
Charan
scharanb@yahoo.com
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