[ale] grub with Linux and Solaris??

[esoteric at 3times25.net (Geoffrey)]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
>>Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>
>>>Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I've tried all kinds of variations to tell grub where to find the
>>>> /platform directory on the Solaris partition, but no good,
>>>>including:
>>>>
>>>>kernel hda(0,0,a)/platform/i86pc/multiboot kernel
>>>>hda(0,5)/platform/i86pc/multiboot
>>>
>>>Perhaps a typo, but shouldn't that be "(hd0,5)", which should get
>>>you partition 6 on the first drive.
>>
>>You are right, it was a typo in the email, although I had to try it 
>>again to be sure and:
>>
>>kernel (hd0,5)/platform/i86pc/multiboot
>>
>>doesn't work either. :(
> 
> 
> Now that you have grub.conf/menu.lst setup, try running grub-install to 
> reset the MBR.  (at least I think that's what it does).

Yeah, it does, but, as I recall, I've not needed to do that unless I'd 
done something unsual, like boot SuSE, then chroot to another distro 
that was installed on the same box.  Typically, any changes made to the 
current grub config are picked up without a grub-install.

Just the same, I'm going to give it a shot and see what happens.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey