samlant
March 20th, 2014, 04:16 AM
Evening everyone!
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My Issue: I first installed Ubuntu 13.10 with it's bootloader in the MBR (/dev/sda). I then created a dedicated GRUB partition to "chainload" a total of 3 OS's, including Ubuntu, WIndows 7, and another linux distro called Uberstudent.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE INTEGRITY OF UBUNTU'S BOOTLOADER. However, I am uncertain if there are missing files in the Dedicated GRUB Partition (such as 00_header, etc.).
I then installed GRUB 2 to the Dedicated GRUB partition (/dev/sda3), so that if I delete or change OS's, GRUB is unaffected and I can edit grub.cfg without worry. However, when I boot my system, I noticed that it uses the bootloader found in my Ubuntu's "/boot" directory and not the one found in my dedicated GRUB partition. How may I switch the MBR (Master Boot Record) that holds stage 1 of GRUB2 to point to my dedicated GRUB partition (/dev/sda3) and not my "/boot" folder in the "/" partition of Ubuntu (/dev/sda5)?
I appreciate you viewing this, and I thank you for taking time out of your day to read this post!
My Issue: I first installed Ubuntu 13.10 with it's bootloader in the MBR (/dev/sda). I then created a dedicated GRUB partition to "chainload" a total of 3 OS's, including Ubuntu, WIndows 7, and another linux distro called Uberstudent.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE INTEGRITY OF UBUNTU'S BOOTLOADER. However, I am uncertain if there are missing files in the Dedicated GRUB Partition (such as 00_header, etc.).
I then installed GRUB 2 to the Dedicated GRUB partition (/dev/sda3), so that if I delete or change OS's, GRUB is unaffected and I can edit grub.cfg without worry. However, when I boot my system, I noticed that it uses the bootloader found in my Ubuntu's "/boot" directory and not the one found in my dedicated GRUB partition. How may I switch the MBR (Master Boot Record) that holds stage 1 of GRUB2 to point to my dedicated GRUB partition (/dev/sda3) and not my "/boot" folder in the "/" partition of Ubuntu (/dev/sda5)?