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ok, I'm a noob again
I install Ubuntu over mint, (don't ask, I f'ed up) but then decided to use another HDD that I have for Mint and use the partition I was using for testing dif distros, I installed Mint as usual, but when I reboot, all I get is the Ubuntu grub, with no Mint listed. I thought that Mint would overwrite the Ubuntu grub with its own, but no, now I can't seem to figure out how to get the Mint grub installed over the Ubuntu one, and help? I would love you for life, not in that Brokeback Mountain kind of, but in the way a man can love another man.
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Re: ok, I'm a noob again
just add it to your ubuntu grub. where is mint installed to? hda2 i'm assuming, but where?
Re: ok, I'm a noob again
no, my setup is really funky, here is the output from fdisk -l
I can get into Mint by using f12 to get to a boot options screen and then choosing the "new" drive I just installed, but I would like to not have to do that every time, Although it may a blessing in disguise as I plan on testing multiple different distros, and having the option to boot from either disk and having a grub in both, would save me alot of trouble of having to edit my grub list at every new install of a distro. eh, no big deal, kinda works out I think.
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Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 4979 39993786 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 1 1867 14996614+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 1868 4979 24997108+ 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x35570912
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1274 10233373+ 12 Compaq diagnostics
/dev/sdb2 * 1275 31055 239210496 6 FAT16
/dev/sdb3 31055 57082 209059114 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb4 57083 60801 29872867+ 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 57083 57455 2996091 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 57456 59035 12691318+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb7 59036 60801 14185363+ 83 Linux
Re: ok, I'm a noob again
and i forgot to mention, I figure out what I did wrong.
When I reinstalled Mint, I put the Grub on the wrong HDD, but it works out, so all is well.
When I reinstalled Mint, I put the Grub on the wrong HDD, but it works out, so all is well.
Re: ok, I'm a noob again
McLovin,
Greetings Sir,
You need to get into your mint install and use the grub root and setup commands to get your boot back. I need to know what drive and partition your Ubuntu is on and also what drive and partition your Mint is on to give you the commands you need.
You are probably booting off of sda and when you installed Mint to sdb the installer installed grub to sdb. That is easily fixed though. Just post what I asked for above.
If you are setting up a system to run several distros you might want to look at what I did with my system recently. Maybe the below thread will give you some ideas.
http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 3&start=30
Fred
Greetings Sir,
You need to get into your mint install and use the grub root and setup commands to get your boot back. I need to know what drive and partition your Ubuntu is on and also what drive and partition your Mint is on to give you the commands you need.
You are probably booting off of sda and when you installed Mint to sdb the installer installed grub to sdb. That is easily fixed though. Just post what I asked for above.
If you are setting up a system to run several distros you might want to look at what I did with my system recently. Maybe the below thread will give you some ideas.
http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.ph ... 3&start=30
Fred
Re: ok, I'm a noob again
mint is installed on sda, but sdb is the main drive, ie the first boot device. sda is an add on ide hdd, while sdb is the factory sata hdd, so all i really have to do if i want to is switch the main boot drive in the bios, but i think i kinda like it this way, saves me some hastle