Ubuntu 0.10 in OpenSuSE Grub

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Hi, I’ve got 3 OS’ on my system, OpenSuSE 11.2, Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.10, but I cant figure out what the right grub-entry for Ubuntu would be.

Currently it is:

###Ubuntu 9.10###
title Ubuntu 9.10
    root (hd0,5)
    kernel /vmlinuz ro quiet splash
    initrd /initrd.img
    boot

Before with Ubuntu Grub 2 it was:

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-15-generic" {
        recordfail=1
        if  -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
	set quiet=1
	insmod ext2
	set root=(hd0,6)
	search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 9e2411e2-7dc3-4219-b184-b7534c771adf
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-15-generic root=UUID=9e2411e2-7dc3-4219-b184-b7534c771adf ro   quiet splash
	initrd	/boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-15-generic
}

Ubuntu 9.10 is in an extended partition. WIth my current grub entry Ubuntu boots (you can see the white ubuntu sign) but thats it, the sign goes away, all I can do is a hard-reset.

Thx in advance

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Ubuntu uses grub2 it’s totally different. But don’t worry about that.

Try this:

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title  Ubuntu 9.10 booting via symlinks 
root (hd0,5) 
kernel          /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 ro quiet splash  
initrd          /initrd.img
3

Helped thx :slight_smile:

Anyway to mark this thread as solved?

4

Nothing’s ever solved here… It’s a moving target…

Or we’re just going round in circles… :wink:

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5

Excellent news;)

6

I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 on an external USB drive and grub menu installed in the same partition.

The external USB hard disk is partitioned as follows :

/dev/sdc1 ext4 / 35.09 GB
/dev/sdc2 extended 1.57 GB
/dev/sdc5 linux-swap 1.57 GB

I would like to install suse 11.2 on the same drive alongside ubuntu and modify grub menu to access the suse without having to re-install ubuntu.

Please advise.

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I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 on an external USB drive and grub menu installed in the same partition.

The external USB hard disk is partitioned as follows :

/dev/sdc1 ext4 / 35.09 GB
/dev/sdc2 extended 1.57 GB
/dev/sdc5 linux-swap 1.57 GB

I would like to install suse 11.2 on the same drive alongside ubuntu and modify grub menu to access the suse without having to re-install ubuntu.

Please advise.

Please open a new thread for this, I’ll answer there.