I dualboot Ubuntu and Fedora in one hard drive. Below are the scenario.
First, installed Ubuntu 10.4 on the entire disk (40GiB of size).
Then, shrink the Ubuntu installation to equal size to free up space for fedora.
Second, installed Fedora 13 using the option "Use free space on selected drives and create default layout". After the successful installation fdisk -l shows,
Code:
# fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000b59d
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 2330 18715693+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 4661 4866 1648641 5 Extended
/dev/sda3 2331 2394 512000 83 Linux
/dev/sda4 2394 4661 18203648 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda5 4661 4866 1648640 82 Linux swap / Solaris
Partition table entries are not in disk order
Disk /dev/dm-0: 16.5 GB, 16542334976 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2011 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-0 doesn't contain a valid partition table
Disk /dev/dm-1: 2080 MB, 2080374784 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 252 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Disk /dev/dm-1 doesn't contain a valid partition table
being /dev/sda1 the Ubuntu partition and /dev/sda3 for Fedora.
Then, with Fedora grub enabled, added the Ubuntu boot parameters to /boot/grub/menu.lst.
# cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
Code:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fcebuserv-lv_root
# initrd /initrd-[generic-]version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora 13 (2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686 ro root=/dev/mapper/vg_fcebuserv-lv_root
rd_LVM_LV=vg_fcebuserv/lv_root rd_LVM_LV=vg_fcebuserv/lv_swap rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_MD
rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet
initrd /initramfs-2.6.33.3-85.fc13.i686.img
title Ubuntu 10.4, kernel 2.6.32-21-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-21-generic root=UUID=652c8b53-3751-4e86-a9fb-5e0aa5e19277 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-21-generic
Now, selecting Ubuntu on boot give the error, "Grub Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition".
Any advice, what needs to be done for Ubuntu to boot successfully.
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Grub Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition.