Re: Does anyone know anything about Grub?

From: David (thunderbolt01_at_netscape.net)
Date: 08/26/03 

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:14:34 GMT

William D. Tallman wrote:
> 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?

I'm not real familiar with grub but why are you trying to install
grub to hd0,13 (/dev/hda14) instead of hd0 (hd0 = MBR)? 

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