Adding PCLinuxOS to Grub.

[oosterhouse]

I'm having problems adding pclinuxos to my grub, which is on the mbr. I tried doing this: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/wiki/GrubMenu , but that did not work, it gave me an error. I'll go check the error a sec when I'm done posting this and tell you guys what it says. I know the (hd0,0) part is right, and the /dev/hda0 part - Mine is (hd0,7) and /dev/hda8, because the root is on the 8th partition. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: The error says that kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-oci4.mdk root=/dev/hda8 vga=0x317 does not exist. (Error 15)

[oosterhouse]

The error says that kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-oci4.mdk root=/dev/hda8 vga=0x317 does not exist. (Error 15)

[loft306]

please paste the output of

 fdisk -l

and the output of either

/boot/grub/grub.conf or menu.lst

[oosterhouse]

#
GNU nano 1.2.5                                                          File: /boot/grub/menu.lst                                                                     
#
 
#
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
#
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
#
 
#
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
#
#
#  Linux           Grub
#
# -------------------------
#
#  /dev/fd0        (fd0)
#
#  /dev/hda        (hd0)
#
#  /dev/hdb2       (hd1,1)
#
#  /dev/hda3       (hd0,2)
#
#
#
 
#
#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#
 
#
# general configuration:
#
timeout   39
#
default   0
#
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
#
 
#
# boot sections follow
#
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
#
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#
#
#-*
#
 
#
# (0) Arch Linux
#
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda5 ro
initrd /boot/initrd26.img
#
 
#
# (1) Windows XP
#
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
#
 
#
# (2) PCLinuxOS
#
title PCLinuxOS
kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-oci4.mdk root=/dev/hda8 vga=0x317
initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd-2.6.12-oci4.mdk.

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *           1        5522    44355433+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2            5523        9729    33792727+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5            5523        5974     3630658+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6            5975        6040      530113+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda7            6041        7318    10265503+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8            7319        8592    10233373+  83  Linux
/dev/hda9            8593        9729     9132921   83  Linux

[loft306]

also please paste the output of

ls  /boot

[oosterhouse]

# ls /boot
System.map26  diag1.img  grub  initrd26-full.img 
 initrd26.img  kconfig26  vmlinuz26

[loft306]

it looks to me as if the kernel for PCLinuxOS wasnt cp'd to /boot
so either point to its location or cp it to boot

or third option boot off the other kernel then just have it goto the root/realroot


wait the root (hd0,4) is missing try that first

and lastly when installing another distro the /boot is usualy skipped or edited out on the 2nd 3rd....ect distro's and the contents cp'd to the first distros /boot to make life & booting simple

[oosterhouse]

and lastly when installing another distro the /boot is usualy skipped or edited out on the 2nd 3rd....ect distro's and the contents cp'd to the first distros /boot to make life & booting simple

So it should add itself to grub when I choose to install the bootloader in other words?

[loft306]

???????????????

[oosterhouse]

# (3) PCLinuxOS 2
title PCLinuxOS vmlinuz26
kernel (hd0,7)/boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda8 vga=0x317
initrd (hd0,7)/boot/initrd26.img

Returned the same error when I tried to start it.