somthing with grub

dids22 · 2007-01-02 18:48:18

i tried adding windows on grub menu
i saw on the wiki that i need to add this code:

# (1) Other OS
title My Other OS
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1

how i check what to put instead "hd0" and "1"?

ty

T-Dawg · 2007-01-02 22:55:24

hd0 = first primary drive
hd1 = second primary drive
hd0,0 first primary, first parition.

Example:
hda1 = hd0,0
hdb2 = hd1,1

dids22 · 2007-01-02 23:13:26

two thinks
1)so if i have only one hard disk i need to put hd0?because i have only one and in the grub it's hd1

2)how i know who is the first partition?

tank u
btw

T-Dawg wrote:

hd0 = first primary drive
hd1 = second primary drive
hd0,0 first primary, first parition.
Example:
hda1 = hd0,0
hdb2 = hd1,1

it's need to be

hda2 = hd1,1

right?

T-Dawg · 2007-01-02 23:20:06

Yes it will be hd0,?

run the command df to see what your partitions are.

T-Dawg · 2007-01-02 23:26:43

regarding your other question from another thread on grub not loading: it sound like you need to reinstall grub to your hardrive:

grub-install /dev/hda

if that doesn't work then you probably are using the newer PATA or SATA subsystem in the kernel in which case replace hda with sda.

dids22 · 2007-01-02 23:38:22

where i need to write that code?
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=28461
and the partitions name are sda1 for ex' and not hda1

T-Dawg · 2007-01-02 23:44:09

uh...its a command, run it from your command prompt.

dids22 · 2007-01-02 23:56:55

so to insert the installation disk and instead to write /arch/setup
to wrote the this:grub-install /dev/hda?

and where i need in the installation to install the grub
i choose the main partition( / )
it's ok?

T-Dawg · 2007-01-03 00:00:18

boot into the install cd. Get into a terminal, I think (alt+F1 or alt+F2):

grub
>root (hd0,?) # ? is the partion where your kernel image lies
>setup (hd0)
>quit

then boot into your system.

dids22 · 2007-01-03 00:25:57

he told me he dont know this command
(i get this message too when i insert the code grub-install /dev/hda)

however
i install arch again and this thim i choose another partition for the grub
(i always install grub in the main partition , u know, where is the kernel and all this)

dids22 · 2007-01-03 09:52:13

never mind
how i install gnome and all this? i need also xorg?

btw
i still didnt configure the internet
can i do all this without internet?

Shagbag · 2007-01-04 15:52:39

To install Xorg:

pacman -Sy xorg

but I suggest you also read the Xorg7 HOWTO on the ArchWiki. While on the ArchWiki, check out:
Desktop Environment which should answer your other queries.

You will need to have an internet connection working for pacman to grab the packages from the repos.

thibdb13 · 2007-01-05 07:42:10

dids22 wrote:

hda2 = hd1,1
right?

not really, hda2=hd0,1

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