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cybertooth

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Registered: 2009-07-25

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[SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

I have an existing archlinux .. and I installed debian to multiboot with it..

I chose to install on MBR  .. and when I rebooted, my boot on arch is missing
How do I add my archlinux with the boot list at the startup?

thnks

Last edited by cybertooth (2009-09-26 06:18:23)

Deuterium

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Registered: 2009-09-26

Posts: 50

Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

hey, im kinda a newb too, but just wondering, are you using grub to boot? also, i dont have much experience with debian, but does it have a configuration file? (on fedora, mine was /boot/grub/grub.conf) if so, could you display the contents of said file?

stryder

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Registered: 2009-02-28

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Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

That boot list is the menu.lst found in your debian's /boot/grub. Read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRU … ux_distros to see how you can add arch there. Chainloading is the simplest, I think.

cybertooth

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Registered: 2009-07-25

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

Hi,

Yes im using grub ... but I dont have the grub.conf  ... the file im trying to edit there
is the menu.lst 

I copy pasted the arch section from menu.lst to my debian menu.lst ... and it doesnt work ..

cybertooth

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Registered: 2009-07-25

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Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

That boot list is the menu.lst found in your debian's /boot/grub. Read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRU … ux_distros to see how you can add arch there. Chainloading is the simplest, I think.

thanks I will try this one...

cybertooth

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Registered: 2009-07-25

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Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

the chainloader doesnt work for me..

archlinux is installed first in the MBR ... then I have chosen to install boot of debian to MBR too ..

my arch is in sda1
my debian is in sda6

grey

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Registered: 2007-08-23

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Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

Can you be more specific about how things don't work?

When you copied the arch section to the debian grub/menu.lst, did you get a new menu entry in the grub menu that then failed to boot, or was the grub menu unchanged?

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cybertooth

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Registered: 2009-07-25

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] debian overwritten my archlinux boot

It's fixed now...

I just reinstall the grub of arch ... debian cant recognize ext4 thats why it cant detect it..
and from the menu.lst of arch I just added debian ,,,

thanks for all the help

Last edited by cybertooth (2009-09-26 06:08:35)