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Should this be a feature +</I>>>><i> request - or a bug report? M2b3 "lost" my Ubuntu installation. +</I>>>><i> It was a quick and easy thing for me to recover from, but it could +</I>>>><i> torment a newbie. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> I think a bug report about not finding Ubuntu. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> No bug report necessary because the reasons (grub / grub2) are known +</I>><i> and will not be fixed. +</I> +I have found the errata, +<<A HREF="https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata">https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata</A>>. +It says that the steps that used to work, +<<A HREF="http://docteam.mageia.nl/installer/content/setupBootloaderExpert.html">http://docteam.mageia.nl/installer/content/setupBootloaderExpert.html</A>> +might not work any more. + +As far as I can see there are many possible fixes. Maybe there +are some disk mapping problems that I don't know about. +Here is one fix: + +1. Rememeber which installation has "control" of the mbr. +(If you can't remember - reinstall a boot loader and +this time pay attention to which installation is running +when you do it.) + +2. Boot each of the installations, except for the one that +has "control" of the mbr, and install a boot loader to its +root partition. + +3. Boot the installation that has "control" of the mbr and +install install a boot loader to its root partition. + +4a. If the code below has made its way to the Mageia installer, +install Mageia and put the boot loader on the mbr (the default). +You are finished. + +4b. If the Mageia installer is unchanged, install Mageia and +put the boot loader on the mbr (the default). Use drakboot +to *add* an entry for each of the other installations. +(LiLo, GRUB and GRUB2 all count as "Other OS", not "Linux".) +You are finished. + +>><i> blkid /dev/sdaN -o export | grep LABEL +</I>>><i> if [ 0 == $? ] +</I>>><i> then +</I>>><i> title $(blkid /dev/sdaN -o value | sed s/\ .*//) +</I>>><i> else +</I>>><i> title /dev/sdaN +</I>>><i> root (sd0,N-1) +</I>>><i> chainloader + +</I> +TYPO: that should be "+1" not "+". + +><i> Nice. +</I>Thanks. + +><i> But at which moment/occasion would you need that? +</I>When do you use the installer? +Incompetent user: every month. +Tester: every week. +Mageia user: every nine months. + +><i> Only once when +</I>><i> you install the distribution which you think will stay the longest and +</I>><i> whos bootloader will go into MBR. After that you don't need it any +</I>><i> more because you will have to add new distributions manually to the +</I>><i> list. +</I>You can use drakboot as it is now to add "things to be chainloaded" +to the list. + +-- +blind Pete +Sig goes here... + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="007196.html">[Mageia-discuss] Auto check for updates +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="007194.html">[Mageia-discuss] can bootable partitions be detected during installation? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#7193">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#7193">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#7193">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#7193">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |