Just sucessfully installed a sual boot with 11.2/ubuntu 10.4. 11.2 was installed first, than ubuntu. ubuntu recognizes and displays 11.2 on its bootloader, 1…2 does ot show ubuntu on its boot menu.
so this mean I have to edit menu.lst and physically add the menu entry (root, load the kenel, and load initrd)…correct?
-cheers
Ubuntu uses a newer version of Grub. (2) It is best to have Ubuntu grub installed and use ubuntu to control the boot.
would there be any recommendations on how to get Ubuntu to show up on the opensuse 11.2 boot menu screen?
In ubuntu
do:
sudo update-grub
then
sudo grub-install /dev/sda
Maybe I was not clear, Ubuntu uses a newer grub. Suse’s grub will not boot Ubuntu because it is an older version of grub. You need to replace the Suse grub with the newer Ubuntu grub and control the boot in the Ubuntu disto which will boot Suse.
Note this is not the same as the chaining used in a Windows boot.
Sorry ignore that last post. You already have Ubuntu showing 11.2:P
To boot ubuntu from 11.2 menu, why?
okay,
now, I see what you mean, …
Hi,
just to prove if I have understood a bit what is possible:
1.
Out of openSUSE 11.2 you cannot control the new Grub 2.
2.
openSUSE 11.3 will not come with Grub 2 by default but it possible will be possible to load and install Grub 2 after that. 11.3 - Grub 2 - openSUSE Forums
3.
So if subcook69420 in the future would like to have 11.3 instead of 11.2 it could be nice to have openSuse’s Grub 2 out of the repositories (or at least the yast-programs that will be able control that)…
4.
The possible possibilities in what order the installations/updates of 11.3 and/or oS/U Grubs could/should be installed before/after/beween 3. …:\
Greetings pistazienfresser
That’s an error on your part gogalthorp, sorry. OpenSUSE can boot Ubuntu just like it boots any other distro. It makes no difference that Ubuntu now has Grub 2 because openSUSE doesn’t use the Ubuntu Grub to boot Ubuntu, it addresses the Ubuntu kernel and initrd directly.
@subcook69420: Here’s how to add Ubuntu entry into openSUSE’s loader:
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title Ubuntu 10.4 booting via symlinks
root (hd0,8)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda9 ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img
Of course, you have to alter (hd0,8) & sda9 to match your real Ubu partition
See this for full explanation: HowTo Multiboot Ubuntu from openSUSE using the GRUB bootloader
As always, thanks for the help guys 
-cheers
I did the same thing as subcook69420. openSUSE 11.2 was installed first beside Windows Vista and then latest version of Xubuntu. Everything worked fine (only grub was bit ugly) untill I upgraded openSUSE to 11.3. Now I cannot boot to Xubuntu.
There is no entry about Xubuntu in /boot/grub/menu.lst
Would be possible to fix it without reinstalling Xubuntu?
Thanks
A) (I have not tried jet, still on 11.2:) )
Install Grub2 instead of Grub legacy (should be now in the repositories but still no graphic tool for it from openSUSE 11.3)
B) (s. above) Go to HowTo Boot into openSUSE when it won’t Boot from the Grub Code on the Hard Drive and try to use swerdna’s HOW-TOs analog to get excess to your Ubuntu system and reinstall and update your Grub2 from there.
C) I will have to look for my Ubuntu-live-CD but is there not an option to repair/reinstall Grub2 from there (like from the openSUSE DVD - only for the old GRUB legacy…)?
Greetings
pistazienfresser
Thank you for quick replay
B) didn’t work for me so I’m gonna try A). But how to revert back to old grub in case any problems? Will it be enough if I use repair tool from installation DVD to restore original Grub?
I just switched from grub 2 to suse grub legacy, it was easy.
All I need is your info:
fdisk -l
Tell me which partition is which
You can boot GRUB 2 (of Ubuntu) from GRUB legacy(of openSUSE)… I have a dual boot between openSUSE 11.3 and Ubuntu 10.04…
Just add these lines to your /boot/grub/menu.lst in openSUSE with just changing your hard disk number i.e. hd(0,X) according to the root partition of Ubuntu - yes just post the results of the output from fdisk -l and I can tell you the correct number:
title Ubuntu 10.04
rootnoverify (hd0,X)
kernel /boot/grub/core.img
boot
Here’s fdisk -l result
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 3648 29302528+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 * 3649 60801 459081472+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda5 8762 11372 20972857+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda6 11373 60410 393897703+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 60411 60801 3140676 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda8 3649 7295 29294464+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 7296 8760 11767581 83 Linux
Great but which partition is Ub*
Yes whichever is the number of the partition with your Ubuntu, subtract one from that number and substitute it for X in my previous post…
For eg. if you had installed Ubuntu on /dev/sda8 - then you need to put (hd0, 7) in the GRUB entry…
sda9 is Xbuntu root partition. How to find what ‘hd’ is it?
So try as suggested, i have to sleep now
title Ubuntu 10.04
rootnoverify (hd0,8)
kernel /boot/grub/core.img
boot
OR
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title Ubuntu
root (hd0,8)
kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda9 ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img