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The situation is the following: >> Had WinXP installed. >> Installed Ubuntu >> Later on installed Debian >> Debian had it's own GRUB which detected all three OS's but was ...
  1. 01-19-2007 #1
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    Re-Installed GRUB, Debian not on list.

    The situation is the following:

    >> Had WinXP installed.
    >> Installed Ubuntu
    >> Later on installed Debian
    >> Debian had it's own GRUB which detected all three OS's but was first on the list.

    I decided to go to Ubuntu and run sudo grub-install /dev/sda because I just wanted Ubuntu on top of the list and I thought that would prevent me from editing the physical GRUB boot order. However now only Ubuntu and WinXP are on the list. I suppose because that's all Ubuntu detected upon installation because Debian wasn't on at the time.

    <>> QUestion is, how do I add Debian to the list now ? I've got two SATA HDD's.
    sda1 = Windows
    sda5 = (Don't ask me why it's five - There is no 'sda2') Is my second drive on Windows (For software etc.)
    sdb1 = Is my music HDD (NTFS) which I use via Linux as well to play my music.
    sdb2 = This is my Debian installation.

    Ubuntu is on sda somewhere, it was the last partition (besides for swap) so it's either sda2 or sda-something-else. However I suppose the important part is that we know Debian is on sdb2 ?

    If someone could please help me with this. Not a major problem but one I'd like to have sorted and then I can learn in the process
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    you have to edit Ubuntu /boot/grub/menu.lst file. mount Debian's /boot partition ( in case, you didn't create /boot partition of Debian, mount its / (root) partition ) and open debian's menu.lst file. copy title, root, kernel and initrd line and paste in Ubuntu's menu.lst.
    save file and reboot.

    you could move Ubuntu entry at top in Debian's GRUB too. GRUB reads menu.lst file and place entries in GRUB Menu accordingly. move title block at the Top ( i mean, make it First title block in file ) and GRUB menu will display it.




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    Hmm, thanks. That menu.lst looks like greek to me. Is it a MUST to have the kernel version etc etc ?
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    Is it a MUST to have the kernel version etc etc ?
    yes !
    post the menu.lst file here.





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    Never mind, I managed thanks for all the help
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    Well Done netstrider !






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