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authorKamil Rytarowski <kamil@mageia.org>2012-04-26 19:23:14 +0000
committerKamil Rytarowski <kamil@mageia.org>2012-04-26 19:23:14 +0000
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</div>
</div>
</div>
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@@ -37,9 +43,9 @@
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-
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa1"></a>If you haven't done so
yet, please read <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html" title="Bootloader main options">the section called &#8220;Bootloader main
@@ -70,7 +76,8 @@
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa8"></a>Boot into the
- system in question and in order to determine the grub version, in a terminal run the command:
+ system in question. In order to determine the GRUB2 version run the
+ following command in a terminal:
</p>
@@ -105,12 +112,13 @@
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa16"></a>Make a note of
- the version and enter this command to identify the root partition:
+ the version and enter this command to identify the root
+ partition:
</p>
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa17"></a><code class="literal">df /
- </code></p>
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa17"></a><code class="literal">df -h
+ / |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')</code></p>
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa18"></a>This will
@@ -118,16 +126,34 @@
</p>
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa19"></a><code class="literal">Filesystem Size Used
- Avail Use% Mounted on</code></p>
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa20"></a><code class="literal">/dev/sdb11 15G 7.0G 7.0G
- 50% /</code></p>
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa20"></a><code class="literal">/dev/sdb11</code></p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa21"></a>sdb11 is the
+ root partition - make a note of it.
+ </p>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa22"></a>Now check that
+ the /boot folder is in the same partition by entering the following
+ command:
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa23"></a><code class="literal">df -h
+ /boot |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')</code></p>
+
+
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa21"></a>The "sdb11"
- part is the root partition - make a note of it.
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa25"></a>If the /boot
+ partition is different to the root partition then make a note and use
+ the /boot partition in the "root" line when editing menu.lst
+ below.
</p>
</li>
@@ -142,7 +168,7 @@
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa27"></a>In your new
running Mageia system, open a terminal and as root edit the file
- /boot/grub/menu.lst. as follows:
+ /boot/grub/menu.lst as follows:
</p>
</li>
@@ -153,7 +179,8 @@
</p>
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa29"></a><code class="literal">su</code></p>
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa29"></a><code class="literal">su
+ -</code></p>
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa30"></a>(enter root
@@ -180,8 +207,9 @@
<li class="listitem">
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa34"></a>Add the
- following entry for your (e.g. Ubuntu) system possibly as the second
- stanza:
+ following entry for your (e.g. Ubuntu) system, possibly as the second
+ stanza. The position the item appears in the menu will depend on its
+ position in the file:
</p>
@@ -199,18 +227,59 @@
</li>
<li class="listitem">
+ <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
+ <table border="0" summary="Note">
+ <tr>
+ <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
+ <th align="left">Note</th>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
+ <td align="left" valign="top">
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa42"></a>In the second
+ line, "hd1" means the second hard drive, the "10" indicates the 11th
+ partition. Drives and partitions in Mageia's legacy GRUB count from
+ zero.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa43"></a>Therefore:
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa44"></a><code class="literal">sdb11 =
+ (hd1,10)</code></p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa45"></a><code class="literal">sda1
+ = (hd0,0)</code></p>
+
+ </td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ </div>
+
+ </li>
+ <li class="listitem">
+
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa38"></a>If the GRUB2
version is 2.xx then change the last line to :
</p>
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa39"></a><code class="literal">kernel
- /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img </code></p>
+ /boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img</code></p>
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa40"></a>If you needed
- to use "grub2-install" earlier then change <code class="literal">/grub/</code>
- to <code class="literal">/grub2/</code> in the last line.
+ to use "grub2-install" earlier then change <code class="literal">"grub"</code>
+ to <code class="literal">"grub2"</code> in the last line.
+ </p>
+
+
+ <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa40a"></a>If /boot was
+ on a separate partition, then remove <code class="literal">"/boot"</code> from
+ the last line.
</p>
</li>
@@ -224,49 +293,16 @@
</li>
</ul>
</div>
-
-
- <div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
- <table border="0" summary="Note">
- <tr>
- <td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="note.png"></td>
- <th align="left">Note</th>
- </tr>
- <tr>
- <td align="left" valign="top">
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa42"></a>The "sdb"
- indicates the second hard drive hd1, (sda would be hd0), likewise sdb11
- indicates partition 11 which in GRUB legacy (counting from zero) is
- partition 10.
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa43"></a>So:
- </p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa44"></a><code class="literal">sdb11 =
- (hd1,10) </code></p>
-
-
- <p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa45"></a><code class="literal">sda1 =
- (hd0,0) </code></p>
-
- </td>
- </tr>
- </table>
- </div>
</div>
- <div class="section" title="Using an existing GRUB2 boot loader">
+ <div class="section" title="Using an existing GRUB2 bootloader">
<div class="titlepage">
<div>
<div>
<h3 class="title"><a name="usingExistingBootloaderGRUB2"></a>Using an
- existing GRUB2 boot loader
+ existing GRUB2 bootloader
</h3>
</div>
</div>
@@ -276,8 +312,8 @@
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa49a"></a>If you didn't read
the general part about using an existing bootloader yet, do so now. See
- <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingExistingBootloader" title="Using an existing boot loader">the section called &#8220;Using an
- existing boot loader&#8221;</a></p>
+ <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html#usingExistingBootloader" title="Using an existing bootloader">the section called &#8220;Using an
+ existing bootloader&#8221;</a></p>
<div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;">
@@ -290,10 +326,10 @@
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><a name="setupBootloaderExpert-pa50"></a>There is a known
- bug in OS-prober used during GRUB2 installation in some older versions of
- Debian/Ubuntu that incorrectly creates grub.cfg when adding Mageia (or
- Mandriva) systems. This is simple to work around and details of a fix
- can be found in the Mageia forum here :
+ bug in OS-prober used during GRUB2 installation in some older versions
+ of Debian/Ubuntu that incorrectly creates grub.cfg when adding Mageia
+ (or Mandriva) systems. This is simple to work around and details of a
+ fix can be found in the Mageia forum here:
https://forums.mageia.org/en/viewtopic.php?p=13547#p13547
</p>