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Post subject: Installing 2008.2 to fix bootloader problem
Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 03:14 AM
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I have recently tried installing Sabayon 3.5. I seems like a good distro, but it's boot loader broke the boot menu for opensuse and sidux! So I installed Xubuntu over Sabayon, only because its installer has been more reliable. so after installing Xubuntu. it sees sidux but it doesn't load properly.
what is the best way to fix the grub so sidux is the main bootloader? I have three hdds on this test box and I can install sidux 2008.2 where the 2008.1 is now. The sidux bootloader is one of the best that I've used.
I really don't care for Xubuntu and would rather use sidux or even opensuse instead.
How should I correct this? |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 03:26 AM
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| ... rebooted again and this time I was able to get into sidux, but in the details it had trouble checking files and I had to do a CTRL+D to get in. What causes that? How di I correct that? |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 06:20 AM
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Hi vinoman,
the CTRL+D issue looks suspiously like a broken filesystem check after the freshest of your installs.
The Sabayon-Installer should have altered the UUID of one (or more?) of your partitions, that is in the /etc/fstab file of your sidux-installation. Comment the partition out (#) or change the UUID in the file to the newest id with comparing the output of ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid and the id in the fstab.
If you successfully booted your sidux run the command grub-install --no-floppy --recheck /dev/sda to have the bootloader install in the mbr on your first hard drive. Check carefully if that is what you need and want.
cheers Micha |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 10:42 AM
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 11:33 AM
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michaaa62 wrote:
Hi vinoman,
the CTRL+D issue looks suspiously like a broken filesystem check after the freshest of your installs.
The Sabayon-Installer should have altered the UUID of one (or more?) of your partitions, that is in the /etc/fstab file of your sidux-installation. Comment the partition out (#) or change the UUID in the file to the newest id with comparing the output of ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid and the id in the fstab.
If you successfully booted your sidux run the command grub-install --no-floppy --recheck /dev/sda to have the bootloader install in the mbr on your first hard drive. Check carefully if that is what you need and want.
cheers Micha
here's my fstab:
# <filesystem> <mountpoint> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# automatically added, MAXTOR_STM332062-6QF1BRMG-part1, /dev/sdc1
UUID=8a113203-943b-4df1-9afe-0f18f460ae10 / ext3 defaults,noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# automatically added, ST340014A-5JX2V8ZC-part1, /dev/sda1
UUID=6a237063-a57e-4da9-9015-0ed395a08c18 /media/disk1part1 ext3 auto,users,exec,noatime 0 2
# automatically added, ST340014A-5JX2V8ZC-part5, /dev/sda5
UUID=dd2aa548-1db1-4cd2-9f01-2c5215fd31d5 none swap sw 0 0
# automatically added, HDS728040PLAT20-PFD100S1RU6WPG-part1
#/dev/sdb1 /media/disk2part1 ufs auto,users,exec 0 2
# automatically added, MAXTOR_STM332062-6QF1BRMG-part3, /dev/sdc3, LABEL=swap
UUID=9644b726-00f5-476a-94be-8bf5767440fd none swap sw 0 0
# automatically added, SONY_DVD_RW_AW-Q170A
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
# automatically added, CDU5211
/dev/cdrom1 /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
# automatically added
/dev/fd0 /media/fd0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
# temporary filesystem in virtual memory
#tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
Should I rem out the first listing? |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 11:35 AM
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Only your fstab doesn't help us.
Also you should use the code-tags!
And now we need the output of
ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 11:36 AM
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now execute:
"blkid -L"
and compare the UUIDs |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 12:28 PM
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towo| wrote:
Only your fstab doesn't help us.
Also you should use the code-tags!
And now we need the output of
ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid
here it is:
davek@siduxbox:~$ ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 2008-08-11 21:25 .
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 120 2008-08-11 21:25 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-11 21:25 8a113203-943b-4df1-9afe-0f18f460ae10 -> ../../sdc1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-11 21:25 9644b726-00f5-476a-94be-8bf5767440fd -> ../../sdc3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-11 21:25 b8a6f3a6-fe9c-44b4-b3f3-8121fe445c26 -> ../../sdb2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-11 21:25 c0f991c9-1a16-4fe2-b824-ecac2448d5f7 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-11 21:25 c29ba650-3951-4af1-86da-95b0703adb04 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2008-08-11 21:25 c87d6332-1942-47ef-94a5-250b602f3b60 -> ../../sda1
davek@siduxbox:~$ |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 12:32 PM
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The UUID for
sda1 and sda5
does not match. |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 12:59 PM
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towo| wrote:
The UUID for
sda1 and sda5
does not match.
how do I correct this? |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 01:05 PM
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 01:49 PM
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1st, you have to edit your fstab and correct the wrong uuid there.
Then sidux should boot. |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 02:05 PM
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towo| wrote:
1st, you have to edit your fstab and correct the wrong uuid there.
Then sidux should boot.
Do I rem out one of the lines? How do I correct this?
What is the wrong uuid? |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 02:08 PM
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| Put the correct uuid in place of the wrong for the 2 entrys. |
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Posted: Aug 12, 2008 - 03:28 PM
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towo| wrote:
Put the correct uuid in place of the wrong for the 2 entrys.
What are the correct ones? |
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