Can I Get a FC4T1 Installation Summary?

Tino Meinen a.t.meinen at chello.nl
Thu Mar 17 06:29:26 UTC 2005


> >>MBR issue:  run linux expert at the boot prompt, and when you get into the 
> >>install, before you start installing the packages, hit alt+f2 to switch to 
> >>the second console.  dd if=/dev/hda of=/root/mbr bs=512 count=1 should 
> >>save your MBR into /root/mbr.  Hit alt+f7 to go back to your install (i'm 
> >>assuming you are running graphical install).  After all the packages have 
> >>been installed and before you reboot, go back into the console, and cat 
> >>the saved mbr into /dev/hda.
> > 
> > 
> > That is great, thanks!
> > So with this I can get my bootprogram in the MBR back the way it was.
> > 
> > But now i'm puzzled: how does one get a new bootrecord in the
> > bootpartition so that one can chainload to boot into FC4t1?
> > 
> > Tino
> > 
> If you are using GRUB from another Linux partition, boot that system, 
> mount the partition for FC4T1, open its /etc/grub.conf in an editor and 
> insert the appropriate lines from it into the /etc/grub.conf for the 
> system that is controlling the MBR.
Alright, I see what you mean: you boot directly into the testpartition
with the grub in the MBR. The corresponding lines in grub.conf can be
found in the test-installation itself, so I have to copy them over into
the grub.conf for the MBR.

The situation I had was this:
When I boot the computer, it will first execute my regular GRUB in de
MBR, then it will chainload to the GRUB in the boot partition of my test
installation. A fairly common situation as I have gathered.

> If this isn't your case, some more explicit description may prompt 
> someone to provide a suitable answer.
> 
> Hope this helps.
Yes it did, thank you very much!
In future I will be more explicit in my descriptions.

Tino




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