how install grub... again

william7 · 2008-07-05 19:00:53

Now I have installed grub to non-arch partition with other linux os.

How install grub to arch partition?

meandean · 2008-07-05 19:27:33

grub
root (hd0,6)
setup (hd0)
quit

adjust root for whichever drive/partition you want to 'control' grub
adjust setup for your drive

Statix · 2008-07-05 21:12:21

Also it is worth noting that grub partitions are one less than the real partition.

For example:

/dev/sda7 would be (hd0,6) for grub
/dev/sdc3 would be (hd2,2) for grub

Misfit138 · 2008-07-06 01:13:49

Statix wrote:

Also it is worth noting that grub partitions are one less than the real partition.
For example:
/dev/sda7 would be (hd0,6) for grub
/dev/sdc3 would be (hd2,2) for grub

^ Though this is theoretically correct, always double check, especially if you have more than one hard drive. With libata/PATA, hd controllers switch around in goofy ways sometimes. On my system, my sda becomes sdb randomly, though in BIOS it is always first in the boot order and GRUB always sees it as hd0.
(Hence the move to UUID)

Yeah, that's right. I called up Skeletor and said "Yo, my sda is now sdb!"
and he's like, "Yo, we'll go to UUID's, then."

meandean · 2008-07-06 02:38:16

how about this.... grub starts counting at 0 not 1

Misfit138 · 2008-07-06 02:57:35

meandean wrote:

how about this.... grub starts counting at 0 not 1

True, yes. The weird thing is that hd0,0 is not necessarily sda1 from boot to boot anymore, since libata/PATA has all but screwed up the predictable behavior we all became used to years ago. (Especially if you have more than one hard disk and more than one on board disk controller.)

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how install grub... again

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