Re: Reinstall GRUB?

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2008/1/26 Mikkel L. Ellertson <mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Doctor Who wrote:
> >
> > OK....the root partition for Fedora *used* to be /dev/sda2 and now is
> > /dev/sdb2.  This is seen here:
> >
> >
>
> > I have changed /etc/grub.conf manually to be:
> >
> > # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> > #
> > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> > # NOTICE:  You do not have a /boot partition.  This means that
> > #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
> > #          root (hd0,1)
> > #          kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda2
> > #          initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
> > #boot=/dev/sda2
> > default=2
> > timeout=5
> > splashimage=(hd1,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title Fedora (2.6.23.14-107.fc8)
> >         root (hd1,1)
> >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.14-107.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.14-107.fc8.img
> > title Fedora (2.6.23.9-85.fc8)
> >         root (hd1,1)
> >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.9-85.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.9-85.fc8.img
> > title Fedora (2.6.21-2952.fc8xen)
> >         root (hd1,1)
> >         kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.21-2952.fc8
> >         module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-2952.fc8xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >         module /boot/initrd-2.6.21-2952.fc8xen.img
> > title Fedora (2.6.21-2950.fc8xen)
> >         root (hd1,1)
> >         kernel /boot/xen.gz-2.6.21-2950.fc8
> >         module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-2950.fc8xen ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >         module /boot/initrd-2.6.21-2950.fc8xen.img
> >
> > Where all (hd0,1) were changed to (hd1,1).
> >
> > What else needs to be done?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> I suspect that root is really /dev/sdb3 and /boot is /dev/sdb2.
> Probably the easiest if to boot the Linux install you say works, and
> then mount the F8 file system.
>
> mkdir /mnt/F8
> mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/F8
> chroot /mnt/F8
> grub-install (hd1,1)
> exit
>
> You may have to use /dev/sdb2 instead of (hd1,1)
>
> The reason you have to run grub-install is to update the grub first
> stage to point to stage 1.5 on the second hard drive instead of the
> first one. What the chroot command does is the root directory from
> what the one you booted to the one from F8 that you mounted on
> /mnt/F8. That way, Grub uses the correct directories. You could also
> use something like:
>
> mkdir /mnt/F8
> mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/F8
> grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/F8/boot/grub /dev/sdb2
>
> This will work most of the time, but it may cause problems if you
> have different versions of Grub. (You probably do not.)
>
> You also have the option of using the rescue CD and telling it to
> re-install the boot loader. But I have not used this with more then
> one version of Linux installed, so I am not sure of the results in
> this case.
>
>
> Mikkel

I'm currently logged in to the F8 install right now.  Running the
command above gives:

[root@fedora8 who]# /sbin/grub-install /dev/sdb2
/dev/sdb2 does not have any corresponding BIOS drive.

[root@fedora8 who]# /sbin/grub-install (hd1,1)
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `hd1,1'

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