[OpenIndiana-discuss] re-install grub [SOLVED]

[Jean-Pierre]

Jean-Pierre wrote:
> axelle_apvrille at yahoo.fr wrote:
>> Hi Collin,
>>>
>>> Is your bios definitely set up to boot from that disk? It's possible
>>> that
>>> your linux grub is actually on the other drive.
>>
>> Oops... how stupid indeed! The 2nd disk was booting first :(
>> I've found my opensolaris grub waiting for me on the right disk...
>>
>> I'll now need to work out how to have Linux/Windows/OpenIndiana on the
>> same grub, but I've seen docs about that.
>
>
> I do have a working configuration with triple boot
> Windows, Linux (grub2) and OpenIndiana (old grub) on
> the same internal disk (I have all my user files :
> office files, documentation, source code, etc.) on
> a single NTFS partition used by the three systems
> with interoperable ownership and permissions.
>
> If possible, install OpenIndiana last. Its grub can
> boot Windows and Linux. Before installing OpenIndiana
> save grub.cfg from the grub2 installed by Linux
> You just have to insert entries for Windows and Linux in
> /rpool/boot/grub/menu.lst (save the original one)
>
> For Windows :
> title Windows
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1
>
> For Linux : get a couple of consecutive lines from
> grub.cfg beginning with "linux" and "initrd".
> Replace the linux header by "kernel" and insert
> both lines in the menu.lst of OpenIndiana, so :
>
> title Linux
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz... (copy the full line)
> initrd /boot/initramfs... (copy the full line)
>
> Now, if you install Linux after OpenIndiana,
> first copy the MBR created by OpenIndiana, then
> install Linux, then copy its grub.cfg, then
> overwrite the MBR by the one from OpenIndiana
> and apply the procedure above.
>
> The main problem when installing OpenIndiana,
> is that it delete the partition beyond the
> ninth one during the install, and you have to
> recreate them after OpenIndiana is installed.

Oh, another caveat : OpenIndiana interprets the
Linux swap partition (code 82) as a Solaris one,
and refuses to install on a disk with two Solaris
partitions. I have used the code 81 (Minix) for
the Linux swap partition to avoid that, and Linux
is ok with it.


>
>>
>> Thanks all!
>>
>> Axelle