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   From: Malcolm    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: grub problems   
   Message-ID: <20070216184925.5783b70a@oscar-sled.homeunix.net>   
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   Zvd=d2t)uHB/O wrote:   
      
   > ray wrote:   
   > > Since I upgraded from 5.10 to 6.06 on my laptop I have not been   
   > > able to boot from grub setup from that partition. I have another   
   > > active install on another partition (Elive 0.5) and if I install   
   > > grub from that partition it boots fine - but trying to boot from   
   > > ubuntu's grub results in the initial boot screen not appearing and   
   > > a message that the disk is either bad or disconnected. I have   
   > > reinstalled grub to no avail. I recently replaced the hard disk   
   > > with a larger unit and after copying everything back (I used   
   > > partimage to copy to an external USB hard drive) the new disk acts   
   > > exactly the same way. Any ideas?   
   > >    
   > > thanks,   
   > > ray   
   > >    
   >    
   >    
   > Ray,   
   >    
   > GRUB is only installed once on the MBR (master boot record) of each   
   > hard drive. You can't install GRUB on individual partitions. You can   
   > edit your active MBR GRUB (from whatever distribution) to load all   
   > your linux distros, regardless of their locations on different   
   > partitions. For instance, I'm running five different distributions of   
   > Linux on my system (plus Windows). I allowed Ubuntu to install its   
   > GRUB on the MBR and then modified it to load all the other operating   
   > systems.   
   >    
   > Luck,   
   >    
   > ~Eric   
   Hi   
   I boot ok from a partition (Only 4 OS's though...). In my case I use   
   the GRUB with solaris x86. If you want to put GRUB into the boot sector   
   of a partition instead of putting it in the MBR, specify the partition   
   into which you want to install GRUB:   
      
        grub> setup (hd0,0)   
      
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