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1. Solaris
I installed x86 Solaris 10 update 10 after Windows XP, later I removed xp and installed Debian 9 stretch on the same partition but, Debian couldn't find any other os so it deleted Solaris 10 grub or did something like that I couldn't got.
I thought I would be able to recover the lost record by... (0 Replies)
Discussion started by: vectrum
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2. Red Hat
Hi,
Can we specify which grub.conf to use while installing grub on RHEL.
We are working on application which requires different grub configurations needed, depending on certain criteria we need to update grub with correct grub.conf.
Can we use grub-install for this purpose? (4 Replies)
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3. Solaris
Dears,
I'm trying to install solaris x86 on sun x4170 M2 I started connecting consol to the machine but when I do the reset /SYS command nothing changed
I can see that the /SYS is powered on but I can get the GRUB menu to start the installation of the solaris.
the solaris DVD is already... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: engwzwz
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4. Boot Loaders
Hi there,
I had a double boot of Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04. After messing up with UBUNTU I reinstalled it. But then Grub did not noticed the existence of my windows and it just boot into linux. I booted with windows 7 installation CD which noticed a problem with my booting and suggest to repair... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: Nazarbaz
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5. Emergency UNIX and Linux Support
Hi guys.
I have installed Acronis disk director in windows XP and allocate some free space to install Debian beside fedora.
after completion i rebooted and now grub is in command line mode and does not show the menu list.
(I didn't remove the fedora partition. I just allocate some space from... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: majid.merkava
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6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello,
I'm trying to get a multi-boot setup going for a USB.
I have different vfat-32 partitions I have copied ISOs of several linux distros.
The first one I installed using unetbootin, which works great and uses syslinux, but syslinux can't boot other partitions. So, I have grub... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Narnie
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7. Red Hat
I dont know what the heck happen but one of our DBAs was working on a cluster for oracle. Rebooted the box and viola, the OS won't load. After the POST message, I get a blinking cursor on the upper left hand corner. Doesn't even say "GRUB" or anything, it just blinks.
I tried going into rescue... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: sdotsen
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8. Solaris
I have a x4200 m2 that I've installed Solaris 10 on. I've created a raid 1 mirror using disk0 and disk1. I'm trying to add the mirror bootblk to the grub menu so in case of a failure of disk0, I can simply boot from the mirrored disk1. I'm looking for the syntax to add the alternate boot path to... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: gonzotonka
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi folks,
I have a dual-boot Ubuntu/Windows machine and I wanted to create a script to change the menu.lst file so it will change the default boot partition (this is so I can reload the machine remotely and allow it to boot to the Windows partition).
Today I have to sudo cp a template file I... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: ppucci
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hi, I installed solaris 10 a few weeks ago. It was working fine during the past two weeks. However, now when I start to load to the drive, I get this problem:
The BIOS screen comes up like normal, then screen goes blank and a message "Grub loading stage 2" flashes real quick then the computer... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: moesays
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GRUB-SETUP(8) System Administration Utilities GRUB-SETUP(8)
NAME
grub-setup - set up a device to boot using GRUB
SYNOPSIS
grub-setup [OPTION...] DEVICE
DESCRIPTION
Set up images to boot from DEVICE.
You should not normally run this program directly. Use grub-install instead.
-a, --allow-floppy
Make the drive also bootable as floppy (default for fdX devices). May break on some BIOSes.
-b, --boot-image=FILE
Use FILE as the boot image [default=boot.img]
-c, --core-image=FILE
Use FILE as the core image [default=core.img]
-d, --directory=DIR
Use GRUB files in the directory DIR [default=/boot/grub]
-f, --force
Install even if problems are detected
-m, --device-map=FILE
Use FILE as the device map [default=/boot/grub/device.map]
-r, --root-device=DEV
Use DEV as the root device [default=guessed]
-s, --skip-fs-probe
Do not probe for filesystems in DEVICE
-v, --verbose
Print verbose messages.
-?, --help
give this help list
--usage
give a short usage message
-V, --version
print program version
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
DEVICE must be an OS device (e.g. /dev/sda).
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-grub@gnu.org>.
SEE ALSO
grub-install(8), grub-mkimage(1), grub-mkrescue(1)
The full documentation for grub-setup is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and grub-setup programs are properly installed at
your site, the command
info grub-setup
should give you access to the complete manual.
grub-setup (GRUB) 1.99-12ubuntu5 October 2011 GRUB-SETUP(8)
