A Few Notes about the GRUB Bootloader
Blog Comment When I turned on the S2110, it failed to boot, GRUB just came up in command-line mode (grub>). Anyway, the point is, from the GRUB command line I just used the exact three commands described above, and it reset GRUB to boot properly.
[January 13, 2009, 13:53]
Dual boot to support desktops
News After this step, you need to configure the Linux boot loader that is named GRUB. GRUB will detect that there is already an OS installed in the master boot record and will give you on opportunity to configure it.
[May 22, 2002, 11:05]
Asus EEE can run translucent 3D compiz desktop and full Ubuntu
Talkback Note the method does not work for .ISO files built with grub bootloader - need a different install method with grub boot loader instead of syslinux. So the above command would have been done as follows in Ubuntu.sudo -s cat mbr.bin > /dev/sdc
[September 21, 2009, 10:08]
Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty Jackalope' Release Candidate
Blog Comment What I would remind people is, that if you are installing using the new Ext4 file system on a computer that already has Grub installed, you must do the 'grub-install' command after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 in order to reinstall your boot loader...
[April 20, 2009, 8:32]
Ubuntu Netbook Remix woes
Blog If you choose to upgrade your / or /boot filesystem in place from ext2 or ext3 to ext4 (as documented on the ext4 wiki), then you must also use the grub-install command after upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 to reinstall your boot loader.
[April 17, 2009, 17:08]
Another Look at openSolaris
Blog I assumed that because of openSolaris not understanding ext4 or Extended Partitions, I wouldn't be able to multi-boot under control of the openSolaris GRUB, so all I really wanted to do was figure out the boot command so that I could add that to...
[August 7, 2009, 15:25]
Good Things on the Horizon - But Use Caution!
Blog Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha 3: This is probably the one that you have to be the most careful with, because they are changing the default bootloader from legacy GRUB to GRUB 2 (aka grub-pc), and that is a big, big change.
[August 4, 2009, 16:05]
Linux and Disk Partitions
Blog Likewise, GRUB reserves its first four identifiers, (hd0,0) .hd0,3) for the four physical partitions. When you create "Logical Partitions" within the "Extended Partition", Linux (and GRUB) start naming them after the four reserved names.
[January 20, 2009, 16:09]
Moblin on the Nettop - Part 2 (Overview)
Blog They're using an unusual syntax in the /boot/grub/menu.lst file (vga=current). If you try to set it up in a multi-boot system, and you actually boot a GRUB from some distribution other than Moblin, it is likely to choke on that syntax when you try...
[June 12, 2009, 8:32]
A Few Notes about the GRUB Bootloader
Blog If the partition you have in mind isn't listed by the find command, then you aren't going to be able to set GRUB to run from it.grub> root (hd0,7) Because of my multi-boot setup, and the fact that I am more or less continually reloading one...
[January 9, 2009, 16:32]
Ubuntu 9.04 Snaps Desktop Visaster
Blog Comment The boot manager is Grub. Another tool called diskpart.exe, a command line tool in Visaster and most Windows versions can't even see the Linux partitions. How interesting! Turns out that when the system is booted up in Visaster and you use Disk...
[July 21, 2009, 15:01]
Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" - It Just Keeps Getting Better
Blog The differences are obvious right from the beginning - Linux Mint uses the gfxboot version of grub (the bootloader), and includes a nice graphic background for the boot sequence. Ubuntu doesn't like for you to simply "su" to be root, they want you...
[May 28, 2009, 8:19]
