[solved] grub command to boot on mint?

[BakUp]

Welcome to the forums dodoecchi, I hope you enjoy it here, I sure do....

I do not know of any command like that, but I do know of one which you can open and edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst, which would be:

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sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

1st you will have to go into your new installed Mint menu.lst, copy the mint entry there and then open the Puppy menu.lst and paste the Mint one to it in its proper place.

cheers,
BakUp

[newW2]

I'm not sure what the command is either, but are you sure that menu.list isn't present on the mint install? I'd check that first.

Also Husse has written a: How-to repair grub on the wiki: http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... _your_grub and there is this grub manual: http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/

Before I started however, I'd keep a Super Grub disk on hand (helped me on more than once)

Hopefully, you won't run into a UUID issue. Look at the Mint Wiki for more on that issue http://www.linuxmint.com/wiki/index.php ... _a_problem

Or if you are sure you want to just do it ... I would make a copy of the current menu.list (call it something like: menu_old.list) and plunge right in.

Here's a copy of one of my menu lists. You'll need to replace the x and # notations for the device names and hd entries. Good luck.

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Puppy
# ones.
title Other operating systems:
root

# linux installation on /dev/sdb5.
title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (on /dev/sdx#)
root (hd#,#)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/sdx# ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
savedefault
boot


# linux installation on /dev/sdx#.
title Linux Mint, kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode) (on /dev/sdx#)
root (hd#,#)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic root=/dev/sdx# ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
savedefault
boot


# linux installation on /dev/sdx#.
title Linux Mint, kernel memtest86+ (on /dev/sdx#)
root (hd#,#)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
savedefault
boot

[todds]

Hello this line initdr /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

should be i believe initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

regards

Todds

[linuxviolin]

dodoecchi in your post I read:

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initdr /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic

But initdr??? Maybe rather try: initrd

Also are you sure that 'boot' is necessary? Mint is based on Ubuntu so its entry should be like Ubuntu and you have no 'boot' for it...

P.S.= oups todds gave the same response

[newW2]

That's it exactly. Finger dyslexia rules the day. Correct that and it will boot.

[newW2]

.... Happens to you? You are not the only one. Hey I gave you the post on what to add to grub. I knew what was "supposed" to be there, so that is what I read (not typo).
When reviewing printed documents that I have written, I have to turn them up-side-down and read them from right-to-left. It forces me to read every word carefully. I guess I should learn to flip the view on the monitor up-side-down to catch these.