satelliteuser083 Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 (edited) Since installation of mva2008 I can no longer boot into mva2006 . I select 2006 from the grub-menu and am presented with a grub prompt; haven't got a clue what to do with that. As far as I can see, 2006 is still intact, so why it refuses to boot is a mystery. The /boot/grub/menu.lst on the 2006-partition contains timeout 10 shade 1 viewport 3 2 77 22 splashimage (hd0,8)/boot/grub/mdv-grub_splash.xpm.gz default 0 title linux-2006 kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda9 acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb-2006 kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda9 acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe-2006 kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda9 failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img title windows root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Can anyone help me out in restoring boot to this partition? Thanks. BTW, I've noticed a script /mnt/mva2006/boot/grub/install.sh; is it safe to run that FROM 2008, or is it likely to render 2008 unbootable? Edited January 14, 2008 by satelliteuser083 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Chances are the grub being used is the one in the 2008 install, so we'd need to see the /boot/grub/menu.lst from 2008 to figure out what's wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Chances are the grub being used is the one in the 2008 install, so we'd need to see the /boot/grub/menu.lst from 2008 to figure out what's wrong. Here it is: timeout 10 color black/cyan yellow/cyan gfxmenu (hd0,6)/boot/gfxmenu default 0 title mdv2008 kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=mdv2008 root=/dev/hda7 resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd.img title mdv2008-nonfb kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=mdv2008-nonfb root=/dev/hda7 resume=/dev/hda6 initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hda7 failsafe initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd.img title windows root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 However, this may not be the significant one. Its grub-loader is in block 0 of THE SAME partition (hda7). The menu.lst used by the loader in the MBR is on hda8 (le2005); this contains: timeout 20 default 3 title linux 2005 kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd.img title linux-nonfb kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 splash=silent acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd.img title failsafe kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda8 failsafe splash=silent acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 devfs=nomount initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd.img title linux mva2008 root (hd0,6) chainloader +1 title linux 2006 root (hd0,8) chainloader +1 title windows root (hd0,0) chainloader +1 It all looks OK to me. BTW le2005 still boots correctly, using lilo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 this: title linux 2006root (hd0,8) chainloader +1 should probably be: title linux-2006kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda9 acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img I'd also change this: title linux mva2008root (hd0,6) chainloader +1 to this: title mdv2008kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=mdv2008 root=/dev/hda7 resume=/dev/hda6 splash=silent vga=788 initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd.img You should use the loader in the MBR to boot all your systems, not use it to send to another grub on a separate partition. This is not ideal and may be where your problem lies, if this is how you have it set up. Honestly, it seems like your grub setup has become far too complex - don't duplicate things, keep everything in one grub and use it to boot all your systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Many thanks, tyme, 2006 is now back on-line. The grub structure on this hdd stems from the bad old days ;) of mdk10.1, when, if I remember correctly, I had difficulty booting directly into a partition and had to use the indirect method. This is ESSENTIAL, BTW, when booting Windoze (at least, in my box it is). I've remained with it, since it has always worked, but now is probably the time for a reassessment. Once again, many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 MDK 10.1 was using LILO, while currently grub is used. They work in a very different way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satelliteuser083 Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 MDK 10.1 was using LILO, while currently grub is used. They work in a very different way. Could have been 10.2 then :unsure: or even 2005; memory is not serving me so well these days, long time ago ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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