thankyou very much for your help, I just reinstalled with advanced and got it set up correctly, tri-booting no problem!
thanks again Neil!
Tommy
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Neil Jensen <neilevanjensen@gmail.com> wrote:
Sorry I should have picked that up from your fdisk -l. *Did you go into
advanced set up when you were right at the point of accepting your
partition set up? *You need to select the partition on which you want
grub to boot from.
On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 18:45 -0600, Tommy yeah wrote:
> I think so, I'm not completely sure , I have ubuntu 8.04 on one
> partition and ubuntu 9.10 on another, sda5 and sda7 respectively, is
> that what you mean? they both have a /boot directory.
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Neil Jensen <neilevanjensen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> * * * * Do you have a separate /boot partition? *This makes things a
> * * * * little
> * * * * different if you do.
>
> * * * * On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 18:16 -0600, Tommy yeah wrote:
> * * * * > I can't boot 9.10 right now and can't get to my ext4
> * * * * partition from
> * * * * > within 8.04
> * * * * >
> * * * * > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Neil Jensen
> * * * * <neilevanjensen@gmail.com>
> * * * * > wrote:
> * * * * > * * * * Hi Tommy,
> * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * In 9.10 menu.lst is now called grub.cfg. *I don't
> * * * * know if that
> * * * * > * * * * is what
> * * * * > * * * * you were looking for. *That is all I know on this
> * * * * subject.
> * * * * >
> * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 18:03 -0600, Tommy yeah wrote:
> * * * * > * * * * > Hi, I just installed 9.10 on my harddrive and
> * * * * cannot figure
> * * * * > * * * * out how to
> * * * * > * * * * > get it in grub.
> * * * * > * * * * > I have Ubuntu 8.04 on (hd0,4) and windows vista on
> * * * * (hd0,1).
> * * * * > * * * * I was
> * * * * > * * * * > wondering how to edit my menu.lst to have my
> * * * * Ubuntu Studio
> * * * * > * * * * 9.10 (which
> * * * * > * * * * > is on sda7) boot?
> * * * * > * * * * > my menu.lst in Ubuntu 8.04
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel
> * * * * 2.6.24-26-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-26-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root=UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 ro
> * * * * quiet
> * * * * > * * * * splash
> * * * * > * * * * > all_generic_ide
> * * * * > * * * * > initrd * * * */boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-26-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > quiet
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel
> * * * * 2.6.24-26-generic
> * * * * > * * * * (recovery
> * * * * > * * * * > mode)
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-26-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root=UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 ro
> * * * * single
> * * * * > * * * * > initrd * * * */boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-26-generic
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel
> * * * * 2.6.24-25-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-25-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root=UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 ro
> * * * * quiet
> * * * * > * * * * splash
> * * * * > * * * * > all_generic_ide
> * * * * > * * * * > initrd * * * */boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-25-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > quiet
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel
> * * * * 2.6.24-25-generic
> * * * * > * * * * (recovery
> * * * * > * * * * > mode)
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-25-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root=UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 ro
> * * * * single
> * * * * > * * * * > initrd * * * */boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-25-generic
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel
> * * * * 2.6.24-24-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root=UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 ro
> * * * * quiet
> * * * * > * * * * splash
> * * * * > * * * * > all_generic_ide
> * * * * > * * * * > initrd * * * */boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > quiet
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, kernel
> * * * * 2.6.24-24-generic
> * * * * > * * * * (recovery
> * * * * > * * * * > mode)
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-24-generic
> * * * * > * * * * > root=UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 ro
> * * * * single
> * * * * > * * * * > initrd * * * */boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-24-generic
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS, memtest86+
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,4)
> * * * * > * * * * > kernel * * * */boot/memtest86+.bin
> * * * * > * * * * > quiet
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > # This is a divider, added to separate the menu
> * * * * items below
> * * * * > * * * * from the
> * * * * > * * * * > Debian
> * * * * > * * * * > # ones.
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Other operating systems:
> * * * * > * * * * > root
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > # This entry automatically added by the Debian
> * * * * installer for
> * * * * > * * * * a
> * * * * > * * * * > non-linux OS
> * * * * > * * * * > # on /dev/sda3
> * * * * > * * * * > title * * * *Windows Vista/Longhorn (loader)
> * * * * > * * * * > root * * * *(hd0,2)
> * * * * > * * * * > savedefault
> * * * * > * * * * > makeactive
> * * * * > * * * * > chainloader * *+1
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > *Here are the entries in /etc/fstab
> * * * * > * * * * > # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> * * * * > * * * * > #
> * * * * > * * * * > # <file system> <mount point> * <type> *<options>
> * * * * > * * * * <dump> *<pass>
> * * * * > * * * * > proc * * * * * */proc * * * * * proc * *defaults
> * * * * * * * *0
> * * * * > * * * * 0
> * * * * > * * * * > # /dev/sda5
> * * * * > * * * * > UUID=323a4707-67ef-47d7-a4d8-730a60894419 /
> * * * * > * * * * ext3
> * * * * > * * * * > relatime,errors=remount-ro 0 * * * 1
> * * * * > * * * * > /dev/scd0 * * * /media/cdrom0 * udf,iso9660
> * * * * > * * * * user,noauto,exec,utf8 0
> * * * * > * * * * > 0
> * * * * > * * * * >
> * * * * > * * * * > Thankyou!!!
> * * * * > * * * * > Tommy in Florida
> * * * * >
> * * * * >
> * * * * >
> * * * * >
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