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Multi-boot and grub and system comander

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by pvan

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I've looked through the threads and have not found exactly my situation. I saw an answer to another multiboot question, but I don't think I can use bootpart because my machine has an ntfs primary active partition.

I'm definitly a newbie with linux. Here's where I'm at:

I'm trying to tri-boot my laptop using system commander -- 2 instances of xp and one install of RH linux 9.

I got through the linux install OK, but I think I made the wrong choice for boot options. I picked lilo instead of grub (basically because I had heard of it ....), then got an error message from system commander saying something about my choice was imcompatible with the partion it had setup .... blah blah blah ...

eventually I got through the install and managed to get system commander to show me a linux boot option .... but when I choose it I get an error saying no boot files are present.

So -- I *THINK* I need to install grub onto the partition that my linux is installed to. If I can do that, thenI *THINK* the install I did should be just fine and I can start making sure the nic driver works,, etc ....!!

How would I go about getting grub installed on this partition? Is that the right thing to do? Am I hosed?

Anyone have some advice forme?

Peter

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by developer+

Since a partial lilo install has been completed I'd work with that. Boot using the linux boot disk you made during the install (you did make it right?) and edit /etc/lilo.conf
I'm guessing the issue is the line
boot = /dev/hda
which points to theMBR of your primary drive. You'll want to change that line to be
boot = /dev/hda3
replacing 3 with the partition number of your RH partition, if it's not correct (I'm guessing 1 partition for each XP (2) and 1 for RH). You may also have to modify the line
root = /dev/hda1 # Location of root partition
Using the above partition setup you'd want to change it to
root = /dev/hda3 # Location of root partition

Save the file and run /sbin/lilo to install it.
Reboot and try picking linux from your system commander - should work.

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