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<a accesskey="n" href="misc-params.html">Next</a></td></tr></table></div><div id="headerlogo"><img src="./t-mageia-2011.png" alt="Company Logo"/></div><h1 id="pagetitle">18. Bootloader expert use<br/> </h1></div><div id="content"><!----><div xml:lang="" class="section" title="18. Bootloader expert use"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="setupBootloaderExpert"><!----></a>18. Bootloader expert use</h2></div></div></div><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa1"><!----></a>If you haven't done so
yet, please read <a class="xref" href="setupBootloaderBeginner.html" title="17. Bootloader main options">Section 17, “Bootloader main
options”</a> first.</p><div class="section" title="18.1. Adding a GRUB2 based system manually"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="addingGRUB2system"><!----></a>18.1. Adding a GRUB2 based system
manually</h3></div></div></div><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa7"><!----></a>A GRUB2 based system
may be added to the Mageia boot menu as follows:</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa8"><!----></a>Boot into the
system in question. In order to determine the GRUB2 version run the
following command in a terminal:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa9"><!----></a><code class="literal">sudo
grub-install --version</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa10"><!----></a>or if that
fails try:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa11"><!----></a><code class="literal">sudo
grub2-install --version</code></p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa12"><!----></a>If this returns
"GNU GRUB version 0.97" (possibly with a custom suffix), then it is
using GRUB (otherwise called GRUB legacy) not GRUB2 and your system
should be correctly identified by Mageia during installation and added
automatically to the menu.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa15"><!----></a>If this returns
(GRUB) 1.98 or 1.99 or 2.xx, then you are using GRUB2.</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa16"><!----></a>Make a note of
the version and enter this command to identify the root
partition:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa17"><!----></a><code class="literal">df -h
/ |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa18"><!----></a>This will
output something like :</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa20"><!----></a><code class="literal">/dev/sdb11</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa21"><!----></a>sdb11 is the
root partition - make a note of it.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa22"><!----></a>Now check that
the /boot folder is in the same partition by entering the following
command:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa23"><!----></a><code class="literal">df -h
/boot |(read; awk '{print $1; exit}')</code></p><p><a id="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><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa26"><!----></a>You can now
shut down the system and install Mageia.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa27"><!----></a>In your new
running Mageia system, open a terminal and as root edit the file
/boot/grub/menu.lst as follows:</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa28"><!----></a>To become root
use:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa29"><!----></a><code class="literal">su
-</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa30"><!----></a>(enter root
password)</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa31"><!----></a>To open the
file in an editor use:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa32"><!----></a><code class="literal">kwrite
/boot/grub/menu.lst</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa33"><!----></a>(replace
"kwrite" with "gedit" if you are using Gnome)</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa34"><!----></a>Add the
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><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa35"><!----></a><code class="literal">title
Ubuntu</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa36"><!----></a><code class="literal">root
(hd1,10)</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa37"><!----></a><code class="literal">kernel
/boot/grub/core.img</code></p></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="left" valign="top" width="40"><img alt="[Note]" src="./note.png"/></td><th align="left"/></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="admon-content"><p><a id="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 id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa43"><!----></a>Therefore:</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa44"><!----></a><code class="literal">sdb11 =
(hd1,10)</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa45"><!----></a><code class="literal">sda1
= (hd0,0)</code></p></td></tr></table></div></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa38"><!----></a>If the GRUB2
version is 2.xx then change the last line to :</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa39"><!----></a><code class="literal">kernel
/boot/grub/i386-pc/core.img</code></p><p><a id="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.</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa40a"><!----></a>If /boot was
on a separate partition, then remove <code class="literal">"/boot"</code> from
the last line.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa41"><!----></a>Save the file
and re-boot. You should now see your "Ubuntu" entry in the menu and be
able to boot from it.</p></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" title="18.2. Using an existing GRUB2 bootloader"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a id="usingExistingBootloaderGRUB2"><!----></a>18.2. Using an
existing GRUB2 bootloader</h3></div></div></div><p><a id="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="17.2. Using an existing bootloader">Section 17.2, “Using an
existing bootloader”</a></p><div class="note" title="Note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top" width="40"><img alt="[Note]" src="./note.png"/></td><th align="left"/></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" class="admon-content"><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa50"><!----></a>There is a known
bug in OS-prober used during GRUB2 installation in some 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. Search for "prober", the topic is
"grub problem", post #9 has the information.</p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa51"><!----></a>To make the fix
permanent so that it will survive an Ubuntu kernel update, the Mageia
entry should be added to <code class="literal">/etc/grub.d/40_custom</code></p><p><a id="setupBootloaderExpert-pa52"><!----></a>Stop Press: The bug
is fixed in os-prober-1.53 released on 8th May 2012. So now, upgrading to
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