[devils casper]

It looks like Linpus has grub.conf instead of menu.lst.

cat linpus/boot/grub/grub.conf
ls linpus/boot/grub

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[jundcb]

heres what i got

default=0
timeout=0
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu

title Linpus Linux Lite
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=255 init=linuxrc selinux=0 vga=0x311 splash=silent quiet loglevel=1 console=tty1 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=14000 from=/dev/hdc1 acpi=force ide0=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe lang=en
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title Linpus Linux Lite(rescue)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzImage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=255 init=linuxrc selinux=0 vga=0x311 splash=silent quiet loglevel=1 console=tty1 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=14000 from=/dev/hdc1 acpi=force rescue lang=en
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ls linpus/boot/grub
device.map iso9660_stage1_5 stage1 vstafs_stage1_5
e2fs_stage1_5 jfs_stage1_5 stage2 xfs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5 minix_stage1_5 stage2_eltorito
ffs_stage1_5 reiserfs_stage1_5 TRANS.TBL
grub.conf splash.xpm.gz ufs2_stage1_5

[devils casper]

Perfect ! Execute this now :

sudo nano linpus/boot/grub/grub.conf

Put # sign before hiddenmenu line. Set timeout value to 10. ( Replace 0 with 10 in timeout=0 ) and add this at the end of file :

title Windows OS
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

Press Ctrl+X, Y and hit Enter key to save file. Reboot machine.

* Dont forget to execute mkdir, mount commands first.

[jundcb]

is this how its supposed to look?


default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0) /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu

title linpus linux lite
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=25$
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title linpus linux lite(rescue)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=25$
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title windows os
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1



coz im still getting the grub prompt

[devils casper]

Contents of menu.lst file are correct now. Download SuperGRUB CD, burn it to CD and boot up from it. Select 'Fix Linux Boot Loader (GRUB)' option. It will re-install GRUB and both OSes should boot up fine after that.

[jundcb]

im still getting the grub prompt, i used the supergrub disk, then gnu/linux, fix boot of gnu/linux (grub), then reboot

[devils casper]

SuperGRUB CD fixes most of boot up problems but it looks like something has gone during partition creation.

Try to edit grub.conf file again.

default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0) /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu
 
 title linpus linux lite
 rootnoverify (hd0,0)
 kernel /boot/bzimage root=/dev/hdc1 rw 
 initrd /boot/initrd.gz
 
 title linpus linux lite(rescue)
 rootnoverify (hd0,0)
 kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=25$
 initrd /boot/initrd.gz
 
 title windows os
 rootnoverify (hd0,1)
 chainloader +1

In case it doesn't work this time too, you have to re-install both OSes.
Do you have installation CD of Linpus?

[jundcb]

this is the exact content of my grub.conf



default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0) /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#hiddenmenu

title linpus linux lite
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=255 init=linuxrc selinux=0 vga=0x311 splash=silent quiet loglevel=1 console=tty1 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=14000 from=/dev/hdc1 acpi=force ide0=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe lang=en
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title linpus linux lite(rescue)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/bzimage changes=/dev/hdc1 root=/dev/ram0 rw max_loop=255 init=linuxrc selinux=0 vga=0x311 splash=silent quiet loglevel=1 console=tty1 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0 ramdisk_size=14000 from=/dev/hdc1 acpi=force ide0=noprobe ide2=noprobe ide3=noprobe lang=en
initrd /boot/initrd.gz

title windows os
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

[jundcb]

after i change it to this:

kernel /boot/bzimage root=/dev/hdc1 rw


do i remove max_loop=255 and everything after that?


i dont have linpus installation but i can download it.
the linpus website only has the livecd, can i install from it?

in case i need to reinstall which os do i install first?

[jundcb]

i edited the grub.conf but its still the same, i added the max_loop=255 after the change, after i restarted i only get grub prompt

i booted using the supergrub cd and tried windows-boot windows
i get invalid system disk, replace the disk

also tried boot windows from 2nd partition (laptop), i get error 21:selected disk does not exist

tried gnu/linux-boot gnu/linux, i get the choices for linpus lite, linpus rescue and windows os, i tried linpus lite and windows os and i can boot from it

before i edited the grub.conf the first time, i could access windows thru supergrub, windows-boot windows or windows-boot windows from 2nd partition (laptop)