Re: Does anyone know anything about Grub?

From: William D. Tallman (wtallman_at_olypen.com)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 16:12:35 -0700

David wrote:

> William D. Tallman wrote:
>> Need help with Grub. I can't believe that no-one knows anything about
>> Grub. I'd appreciate a response from anyone who does know Grub and would
>> be willing to mentor me.
>
> You need to post what you are having troubles with. Be as
> specific as possible.
>

Aha! A response!

I've used Grub with Mdk since Mdk-7.0, and have installed each subsequent
version in a different partition so that at least two ran concurrently. As
I deleted the oldest one, I would transfer control of Grub to the next
oldest (or most used) version.

For example: Mdk8.0 was on /dev/hda13 and Mdk8.2 was installed on
/dev/hda14. To transfer, I (as root) typed: grub-install '(hd0,13)'. On
reboot, the /boot/grub/menu.lst in Mdk8.2 showed up. I always made sure
the menu files were different so that I could see that the transfer was
successful.

Now, I'm ready to get rid of Mdk8.2 in favor of Mdk9.0. Mdk9.0 is on
/dev/hda15. I typed: grub-install '(hd0,14)'. The response was
successful and that I should make sure device.map was correct (it was).
Again, the menu file was different for Mdk9.0. When I rebooted, the menu
from 8.2 showed up!

I tried several things, including installing Grub in the Slackware partition
(/dev/hda9). Downloaded the latest version, compiled and installed it
without a hitch. Did grub-install '(hd0,8)', and got a successful
response. Rebooting showed the Mdk8.2 menu!

So I figure that there's something going on with the latest versions of Grub
that has changed how this should be done, but I can't seem to discover what
I need. It may be that I don't know enough to recognize what I'm seeking
if I did find it.

In this regard, Mdk8.2 uses Grub-0.90 (I think...), and both Mdk9.0 and
Slackware8.1 use grub-0.92. Is my problem that the installation routine
has changed between 0.90 and 0.92? What is the change and how do I
proceed?

Thanks much,

Bill Tallman 

-- 
Registered Linux User: #221586
Mdk-9.0 and IceWM
Gkrellm still watches over me...

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