Thanks! I am just hoping I can get back to Ubuntu and windows.
I'll give it a try.
Thanks and I'll post back the results.
Thanks! I am just hoping I can get back to Ubuntu and windows.
I'll give it a try.
Thanks and I'll post back the results.
Well, it went really well. I was able to install it and it also asks where to put the grub, which was nice.
It defaulted to my 1TB USB drive, so it's a good thing I noticed that and fixed it.
I could see the Mint and recovery were the 1st two options and then my custom 3 entries.
Followed by 10_linux and 30_os-prober.
The only bad thing that happened is that it would not accept my user or password. I am not sure which.
So, I may have to re-install but, at least I know how to do it.
Thanks for the help.
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I see what I did now. I misspelled my username. It's a good thing I have access to the mint home directory to see that.
Guess I'll see if I can fix that or else I'll have to re-install but, at least it is pretty fast.
Thanks again!
I installed Mate which is supposed to be based on gnome 2. I'm not sure I like it. I'll have to play around with it more.
The grub is not the one I have edited, although it must contain some of 06_custom as the 3 entries are there except
that they say "sda1" etc beside each, which is not what I have.
So, do I just enter sudo grub-install /dev/sda to put it back?
You are good!
It looks like it worked.
I added cairo-dock to Mint and compiz but, was unable to find/install emerald. The alt+tab doesn't work. Can't minimize windows, etc.Code:cavsfan@cavsfan-desktop:~$ sudo grub-install /dev/sda [sudo] password for cavsfan: Installation finished. No error reported. cavsfan@cavsfan-desktop:~$
Can't drag and drop things into the dock. It's like starting over from scratch.
Here is what I have now (thanks to you):I won't have a lot to do to get it back to normal.Code:0 Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 1 Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (Recovery Mode) 2 Windows 7 3 Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-41-generic 4 Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-41-generic (recovery mode) 5 Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-40-generic 6 Ubuntu, with Linux 2.6.32-40-generic (recovery mode) 7 Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1) 8 Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit, 3.2.0-24-generic (/dev/sda5) (on /dev/sda7) 9 Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit, 3.2.0-24-generic (/dev/sda5) -- recovery mode (on /dev/sda7) 10 Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit, 3.2.0-23-generic (/dev/sda5) (on /dev/sda7) 11 Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit, 3.2.0-23-generic (/dev/sda5) -- recovery mode (on /dev/sda7)
I think I like Ubuntu better.
One question: would you know how I could change this
Into this or else what must I add to this:Code:menuentry "Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit, 3.2.0-24-generic (/dev/sda5) (on /dev/sda7)" { insmod ext2 set root='(hd0,5)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 283ef203-29c7-437f-9992-8ff6dad9f7e1 linux /vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=f2943974-0a9f-47ec-b5d4-7389c9be2ac0 ro quiet splash $vt_handoff initrd /initrd.img-3.2.0-24-generic }
I tried both sda5 and sda7 and both got an error saying to load the kernel first.Code:menuentry "Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit" { set root=(hd0,7) linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash initrd /initrd.img }
Although I set sda4 to /boot, sda5 to swap, sda6 to / and sda7 to /home this is what sudo blkid yields:
Thanks!Code:cavsfan@cavsfan-desktop:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="1CFC7A8DFC7A60C6" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda2: UUID="deb59f40-8300-4f51-95b2-ab5492a4f2c6" TYPE="swap" /dev/sda5: UUID="283ef203-29c7-437f-9992-8ff6dad9f7e1" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda7: UUID="f2943974-0a9f-47ec-b5d4-7389c9be2ac0" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda8: UUID="38870dc0-cd26-47a4-84b1-22c8467fa753" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda3: UUID="a162dc8a-e4df-4b79-b4c3-524761ff7ae1" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb1: LABEL="Fantom" UUID="78B8D1A1B8D15DE6" TYPE="ntfs"
Lots of ?s...
1. The original menuentry says both sda5 and sda7 in the title. When Grub automatically builds the menuentry, it doesn't (normally) make mistakes so I'm guessing it was on sda5. Did you make a manual entry and then make the title ... (on sda7). Maybe a separate boot partition does things like that to a menuentry, but I've limited experience experimenting with a separate /boot and not noticed it.
Note the "set root" line and root in the search line (if present) refer to the /boot partition. The "root" reference in the linux line refers to the main files of the OS.
In your proposal, if you are using a separate boot, the "set" line and the "linux" line should refer to different partitions. I'd give you the specifics but don't know which is which (see 2).
Note: Also, if using a custom menuentry, Grub 1.99 now uses "--set=root=28..." rather than "--set 28..." so if you are using a custom menuentry in the latest Ubuntu manually change the search line accordingly (if you include the search line).
2. Your blkid doesn't match what you tried to do. Don't bet against the blkid results - something must have gone wrong with your plan.
First, I'd verify the contents of the various partitions to confirm the appropriate files are in each device as specified by the blkid results. Once you know the correct /boot and / partitions, you can build your menuentry (see 1.).
3. If you continue to have problems, you can experiment in the grub terminal. Press c to get to the terminal, then try loading the kernel with the full command to see if you have the correct partition:
Notice there is no "boot" in the address since you have a separate boot partition. And again, the root and (hd0,X) values will be different. hd0,X will be your boot partition, root= will be your OS files.linux (hd0,X)/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=/dev/sdaX ro
This post may be a bit confusing, but it would be clearer if I knew which partitions were which regarding your main OS's /boot, /, /swap.
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In Mint here is what blkid says:
I'm 100% certain that sda5 is /boot, sda6 is swap, sda7 is / and sda8 is /home.Code:/dev/sda1: UUID="1CFC7A8DFC7A60C6" TYPE="ntfs" /dev/sda2: UUID="deb59f40-8300-4f51-95b2-ab5492a4f2c6" TYPE="swap" /dev/sda3: UUID="a162dc8a-e4df-4b79-b4c3-524761ff7ae1" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="283ef203-29c7-437f-9992-8ff6dad9f7e1" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda6: UUID="4a88d030-5de4-4c4d-b5f3-9fb376f8df17" TYPE="swap" /dev/sda7: UUID="f2943974-0a9f-47ec-b5d4-7389c9be2ac0" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda8: UUID="38870dc0-cd26-47a4-84b1-22c8467fa753" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sdb1: LABEL="Fantom" UUID="78B8D1A1B8D15DE6" TYPE="ntfs"
I ended up installing it 3 times and wrote them down.
But, my main OS (Ubuntu) sees the other one.
It doesn't see the windows7 partition and sdb1 is my 1TB USB drive.
Are you saying that this might work: (in red)
sda5 is /boot and sda7 is /.Code:menuentry "Linux Mint 13 MATE 64-bit" { set root=(hd0,5) linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 ro quiet splash initrd /initrd.img }
Those are the correct addresses for what you describe so I would expect that menuentry to work.
On thing I've found helpful is to label everything, such as "Mintboot", "Precise", "Mint", etc. It helps, especially with the blkid output, which includes labels.
I didn't really understand this part:Code:sudo tune2fs -L "Mintboot" /dev/sda5
But, my main OS (Ubuntu) sees the other one.
It doesn't see the windows7 partition and sdb1 is my 1TB USB drive.
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