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how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst
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Post # 293117
 how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lstMepis 11 is my default linux and it uses grub legacy
Grub legacy uses menu.lst to show all distros you can boot and it is in the MBR. When I install grub 2 distros, linux mint, ubuntu and debian, they will overwrite the MBR. I can install grub 2 in the partition I install the grub 2 distros but can't boot them. How can you add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst? I don't use grub 2 to boot distros, too complex to use. jozien |
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:14 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:54 am Posts: 9157 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma U.S.A. Has thanked: 2708 times Have thanks: 574 times
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Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst I chainload anything that doesn't get treated correctly by GRUB. See: http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php? ... nload_GRUB
_________________ "There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders." Alan K. Simpson |
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:24 pm |
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Post # 293120
Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst I'm doing something like that. I have a boot partition using grub legacy that's installed to the mbr. I chainload to other partitions that have grub legacy or grub2 installed to their roots. Here's a few stanzas from my master menu.lst on my boot partition. The stanzas highlighted in green are for chainloading to grub2.
you might notice that I have dual entries for chainloading to either grub-legacy or grub2. |
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:27 pm |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Thu Jul 13, 2006 7:21 am Posts: 1496 Location: albuquerque Has thanked: 70 times Have thanks: 90 times
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Post # 293124
Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst Here's my approach. These are the entries in my Mepis 11 menu.lst for the other distros I boot here. SalineOS, Ubuntu Lucid, Debian Squeeze, and Fedora 16 are the grub2 distros.
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:25 pm |
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MEPIS Guide  Joined: Sun Mar 25, 2007 5:49 pm Posts: 2447 Location: Doncaster UK Has thanked: 99 times Have thanks: 610 times
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Post # 293127
Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst
I do use Grub2, and far from being complex, it does not get any easier, I also run multiple disros, one simple command on my main system after installing or removing a distro. as root
and that is it, job done _________________ *Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic(Windoze)* Kubuntu KDE 4.10.2 / Debian Wheezy-Experimental KDE 4.10.2 / Plasma Active 3 Tablet |
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:51 pm |
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Post # 293132
Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst I use Mepis 11's grub, and I've always booted to grub2 distros in the following way. The only difference is in the location of the vmlinuz and initrd links.
_________________ Gigabyte 7ZXE, AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 160GB, 1.5GB, XP, M11, M8.5, Wheezy IBM ThinkPad T43, Intel Pentium M (1.73GHz), 60GB, 1GB, XP, Mepis 11 |
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:08 pm |
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MEPIS Guide Joined: Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:47 pm Posts: 1270 Location: Savannah, GA Has thanked: 68 times Have thanks: 232 times
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Post # 293133
Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst I've always done it by installing all of the distros I want to use, including Mepis, then booting into a Mepis Live CD or DVD and using the Mepis System Assistant to reinstall GRUB in the MBR after letting other distros use their boot managers there. IOW, just let Mepis overwrite what's in the MBR by using the Mepis System Assistant to reinstall GRUB after finishing with installing another distro.
From my experience, GRUB usually does a pretty good job of recognizing other distros installed on my partitions and adds them to the /apt/boot/menu.lst used by Mepis when you use the Mepis System Assistant from a Live DVD or USB stick to reinstall GRUB in the MBR. That way, I don't have to worry about other boot managers at all (I just let GRUB handle it). |
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| Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:36 pm |
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MEPIS is cool!   Joined: Fri Dec 29, 2006 8:09 pm Posts: 597 Location: Dallas, Texas Has thanked: 39 times Have thanks: 57 times
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Post # 293140
Re: how to add grub 2 distros to grub legacy menu.lst I have used grub2 for over a year installed from my Ubuntu installation. I have Windows 7 which had to be installed first then Ubuntu got installed and allowed to write to the MBR. Then the other system (3 in number) got installed and their respective boots were written to their root directories. Then doing a update-grub from the Ubuntu installation would find these systems. Nothing could be easier.
I have just replaced the hard drive on this computer and gotten Windows 7 installed and Mepis 11 (KDE 4.6.5). The Mepis 11 has also been upgraded to Grub2 and this is stored to the MBR. The only gotch that you might find is remembering which system is the "control" system ie the system that has its grub installed in the MBR. That is the system you have to go to and run "update-grub" when you install another system. Steve _________________ I messed with the dragon and now I am ready for the ketchup! The only stupid question is the one you already know the answer. ~Krispy Kritter~ Toshiba Satellite A215-S7427(AMD-64) Windows7/M11(KDE4.6.5)/M11(RoadblockTRK2-32) via Grub2 |
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