[PLUG] Problem With Grub on Multi-Boot System

Bruce kd7vvk at gmail.com
Wed Jul 28 00:33:06 UTC 2010


On 07/27/2010 06:52 AM, Keith wrote:
> I have Grub on a multi-boot system that refuses to boot Fedora 13.
> I installed Fedora 13 and created a menu for Windows, openSuse 11.3
> and Fedora 13. When  the system attempted to read the MBR it came back
> with a Read error.
> I then revereted back to the old MBR using dd. I added the
> instructions for booting Fedora 13 and receive a error 25 or error 17.
>
> I have checked to make sure that all the files exist in hd1,1
> but still Fedora won't boot with this grub menu.
>
> Here is my Grub Menu.lst file used with opensuse:
> # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Thu Jul 22 18:39:31 PDT 2010
> # THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
> # Configure custom boot parameters for updated kernels
> in /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
>
> default 0
> timeout 8
> gfxmenu (hd0,6)/boot/message
> ##YaST - activate
>
> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows
> 1###
> title windows 1
>      rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>      chainloader +1
>
> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
> title Desktop -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
>      root (hd0,6)
>      kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/sda7
> resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-WDC_WD5000AAJS-00A8B2_WD-WCASY4974677-part5
> splash=silent quiet  showopts vga=0x31a
>      initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop
>
> title Fedora (2.6.33.6-147.fc13.i686.PAE)
> 	root (hd1,1)
> 	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.i686.PAE ro
> root=UUID=79f27ccd-bd08-4355-9b8c-5366890a18e4 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM
> rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYTABLE=us
> rhgb quiet
> 	initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.i686.PAE.img
>
> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:
> floppy###
> title Floppy
>      rootnoverify (fd0)
>      chainloader +1
>
> ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name:
> failsafe###
> title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.3 - 2.6.34-12
>      root (hd0,6)
>      kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34-12-desktop root=/dev/sda7 showopts
> apm=off noresume nosmp maxcpus=0 edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off
> highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 x11failsafe vga=0x31a
>      initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.34-12-desktop
>
> TIA.
>
>    
If this is on the same hard drive as the others, I think you need to 
change the (hd1,1) to (hd0,1).

Bruce



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