Shadowmeph
September 17th, 2008, 06:37 PM
ok this is what I want to do I have 2 drives and on my first drive I have Vista and Opensuse I want to install a few different Linux distros on my second drive but Iwant to use the opensuse grub which is on the first drive.
my first install on my second drive will be Kubuntu I am not sure how to install Kubuntu onto the second drive without installing grub and after kubuntu is installed how do I tell it to use the opensuse grub this is what I have
Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4a914a91
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13019 104567085 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13019 38913 208000563+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 13019 13281 2103491 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 13281 13543 2112516 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 13544 16154 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 16155 38913 182811636 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x88008800
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
and this is the grub menu
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Sep 14 20:35:43 PDT 2008
default 0
timeout 4
gfxmenu (hd0,6)/boot/message
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux-2.6.25.16-0.1-default###
title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1 (default)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,6)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Debug -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-debug root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-debug
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen###
title Xen -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/xen.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-xen root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
module /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-xen
can anyone help me with this?
my first install on my second drive will be Kubuntu I am not sure how to install Kubuntu onto the second drive without installing grub and after kubuntu is installed how do I tell it to use the opensuse grub this is what I have
Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4a914a91
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 13019 104567085 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 13019 38913 208000563+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 13019 13281 2103491 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 13281 13543 2112516 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda7 13544 16154 20972826 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 16155 38913 182811636 83 Linux
Disk /dev/sdb: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x88008800
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
and this is the grub menu
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Sep 14 20:35:43 PDT 2008
default 0
timeout 4
gfxmenu (hd0,6)/boot/message
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux-2.6.25.16-0.1-default###
title openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1 (default)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,6)
chainloader (hd0,0)+1
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off x11failsafe vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Debug -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-debug root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-debug
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: xen###
title Xen -- openSUSE 11.0 - 2.6.25.16-0.1
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/xen.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-xen root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3320620AS_6QF15JBZ-part7 resume=/dev/sda6 splash=silent showopts vga=0x317
module /boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-xen
can anyone help me with this?