This is a discussion on Can't seem to get Grub installed on a dual boot system - Help ; hda (40GB drive) hda1: vfat32 10gb windowx xp free space, not partitioned 27gb hdb (160GB drive) hdb1: 100GB ntfs hdb5: 100MB ubuntu boot swap part: 2GB ubuntu swap hdb7: 50GB ext3 ubuntu After installing XP on hda1 I installed ubuntu ...
hda (40GB drive)
hda1: vfat32 10gb windowx xp
free space, not partitioned 27gb
hdb (160GB drive)
hdb1: 100GB ntfs
hdb5: 100MB ubuntu boot
swap part: 2GB ubuntu swap
hdb7: 50GB ext3 ubuntu
After installing XP on hda1 I installed ubuntu on the second harddrive
(hdb1,5, 7). Following the installation I rebooted and got error 21 from
Grub. I used the XP rescue disk to reset the MBR (on hda , obviousely)
and can now boot XP.
I brought up the ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu can see both drives. I manually
mounted /dev/hdb7, got into /sbin and ran sudo grub-install. Got this
output:
sudo grub-install /dev/hda1
/dev/mapper/casper-snapshot does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
Hmm, I am certain there is an easy workaround to get to a dual boot Grub
menu, but it somehow escapes me.
BTW, I also had this problem when I installed Redhat a year ago. I just
let it slide at the time, because I have another, much better machine to
run Linux on.
I'd appreciate any insight.
Cheers, Malte
Malte wrote:
> I brought up the ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu can see both drives. I manually
> mounted /dev/hdb7, got into /sbin and ran sudo grub-install. Got this
> output:
>
> sudo grub-install /dev/hda1
sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
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Lenard wrote:
> Malte wrote:
>
>
>>I brought up the ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu can see both drives. I manually
>>mounted /dev/hdb7, got into /sbin and ran sudo grub-install. Got this
>>output:
>>
>>sudo grub-install /dev/hda1
>
>
> sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
>
>
>
sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
Proping devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
/dev/mapper/casper-snapshot does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
:-(
Malte wrote:
> Lenard wrote:
>
>> Malte wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I brought up the ubuntu live CD. Ubuntu can see both drives. I manually
>>> mounted /dev/hdb7, got into /sbin and ran sudo grub-install. Got this
>>> output:
>>>
>>> sudo grub-install /dev/hda1
>>
>>
>>
>> sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
>>
>>
>>
>
> sudo grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
> Proping devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
> /dev/mapper/casper-snapshot does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.
>
>
> :-(
Solved. Got into BIOS setup, set 2nd drive to AUTO
