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Old 08-26-2005   #11 (permalink)
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I did that, and got an error:

Code:
# /sbin/grub-install /dev/hda

/dev/hdb1 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive
How it boots did not change.
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Old 09-02-2005   #12 (permalink)
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I had exactly the same problems as you descibed. I finally managed to fix my problems using the following tutorial on solving grub-problems:

http://www.linuxforums.org/tutorials...ial-19999.html

I did the following:
- Create a Grub boot diskette (see section 'Getting a Grub boot diskette')
- Boot from the floppy
Then within Grub
- Find the grub.conf file on your second disk (find /grub/stage1 or find /boot/grub/stage1)
- Load this grub.conf file (configfile (hd1,0)/grub/grub.conf)
Check if all works well, then make it permanent on the MBR of your first hard drive
- setup (hd0) (hd1,0)

This is how it worked for me. I'm not an expert, so please refer to the tutorial. My example works on my machine (with /boot on the first partition of the second disk)
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Hi All
Best way -what I feel is use
"xosl boot loader"-No messup of any operating system.
Each partition hold their own operating system.No worry about Grup or Lilo.
Read thro the site info.
very easy.
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