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Ruby

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 8

Help me with Grub installing please!

Hi Experts,

I have one Sata disk.

Here is the scenario:

sda1 (windows partition)
sda2 (ext3 Linux Partition) for /
sda3 (swap partition)

I need to configure grub correctly, could you please help me?.

The sda2 will be the boot partition right?

Could someone please post a configuration example for this scenario? I have problems with hda(0,0) stuff...

Thanks for your time guys and I look forward to hear from you.

-Ruby

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Help me with Grub installing please!

title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda2 vga=773 ro quiet
initrd /boot/kernel26.img

title Windows 
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Help me with Grub installing please!

As long as you set sda2 and 3 during the install, the installer will configure grub for you.  When you edit menu.lst, uncomment the windows lines and you are set.

Ruby

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 8

Re: Help me with Grub installing please!

Thanks for your fast response, Is really appreaciated.

Since I already have archlinux installed on sda2, I ran the arch live grub setup, I made those changes on the menu.lst and set the boot on sda2 as well the MBR.

But it seems to bypass the grub and load windows directly.

I am missing something?

Thanks,

yoyoned

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Registered: 2008-08-23

Posts: 9

Re: Help me with Grub installing please!

make sure that you are installing grub on (hd0) if you want it on the MBR.