[wellylug] laptop problem

[Jethro Carr]

On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 21:18 +1200, dugan wrote:
> I have an acer aspire 3000 with XP preinstalled.  I have tried to install 
> SLED10 and Open Suse 10.1.  Both installs repetition the disk to make room 
> for Linux.  They both proceed to finish.  But the machine insists on booting 
> into XP without the usual grub screen.  The rescue option shows that linux is 
> installed.  

well, I can't tell you *why* it's doing that, but I can tell you how to
fix it.

1) Boot into the rescue environment from the CD.

2) run "mount /dev/THE_ROOT_PARTITION_YOU_CHOSE /mnt"

3) run "chroot /mnt/ /bin/bash"

4) run "grub"

5) We are now in the grub console. We need to convert the name of your
partition to grub format. Since you are using a laptop you paritions
will be "hdaX".

So:
hda1 = (hd0,0)
hda2 = (hd0,1)
... and so on.

run (in the grub command line):
"root (hd0,X)"	(X being the number you chose)
then
"setup (hd0)"	(to install the bootloader to the MBR)

then
"quit"
to return to the shell.

6) Exit from chroot - "exit"

7) Reboot - "reboot". Remove the CD whilst booting, and it should now
boot into the grub menu.


let us know how that goes. :-)

WARNING: If you do this wrong, you might not be able to boot anything.
At your own risk.

cheers,

-- 
Jethro Carr

www.jethrocarr.com
www.jethrocarr.com/index.php?page=cv/cv.php
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