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Subject: Grub displays Grub Rescue menu (Paul Lewis) (Tom Davies)
From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04 () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date: 2012-10-23 20:02:14
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Hi :)
I don't have Windows on that machine at all, sorry! :) I am a bit lost about all \
this efi stuff tbh. Normally i am just a point&click user so i don't understand \
what is being talked about now. It's waaay over my head :( Apols and regards from
Tom :)
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> 1. Grub displays Grub Rescue menu (Paul Lewis) (Tom Davies)
> 2. chainload to second gpt drive (Ilya Hegai)
> 3. Re: chainload to second gpt drive (Andrey Borzenkov)
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> Hi :)
>
> I suspect you have done the same as me, the same as the last thread in this list \
> (which i didn't quite understand but suspect i just need to re-read sometime). \
> The SSD is formatted using a GPT table rather than something unsuitable for SSDs? \
>
>
>
> What i tried was booting into my old OS and then got to a command-line and tried
>
>
> sudo update-grub
>
>
> Now i can completely successfully boot into any of the OSes on my old drive. \
> There is even a listing for the new drive but when i try to use that one the \
> machine fails to boot up.
>
>
> So, i unplugged the old drive and left the new one in. A LiveCd session allowed \
> me to reinstall (or install) Grub 2. So now if i have the old Sata Drive plugged \
> in i get all my old OSes but if i unplug it i get the new one. Annoyingly the new \
> one forces me into Mega Glest rather than regular Glest so i'm quite happy staying \
> with the old one.
>
>
> I do have a feelign that if i just set-up a small partition at the front of the SSD \
> to dedicate to being a boot-partition and install Grub2 to that then i could have \
> both but i think i would probably still be booting into the old OS!
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> Is it possible at all? Because when I'm trying to do this to boot efi windows left \
> on my second drive I ether got "not a valid root device" when I set up root with \
> "set root='ahci1,gpt3'" or nothing with just "chainloader \
> (ahci1,gpt3)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi" without setting root, I've got no \
> drivemap (former map) in my grub2 build (gentoo) btw.
>
> gpt3 is efi system partition, gpt10 is ntfs partition with windows
>
>
> ps: At least I can load my linux from new ssd (hd0) ;)В Вс., 21/10/2012 в 20:19 \
> +0400, Ilya Hegai пишет:
> > Is it possible at all? Because when I'm trying to do this to boot efi
> > windows left on my second drive I ether got "not a valid root device"
> > when I set up root with "set root='ahci1,gpt3'" or nothing with just
> > "chainloader (ahci1,gpt3)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi" without
> > setting root,
>
> Are you booting in UEFI mode in the first place?
>
> Does Windows boot at all if you manually boot from this file usign UEFI
> boot menu (or start it from EFI shell)?
>
> -andrey
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helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi :)</span></div><div style="color: \
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; \
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>I don't have Windows on \
that machine at all, sorry! :) I am a bit lost about all this efi stuff \
tbh. Normally i am just a point&click user so i don't understand what is \
being talked about now. It's waaay over my head :(</span></div><div \
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; \
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Apols and regards \
from</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: \
arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: \
normal;"><span>Tom :) <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); \
font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: \
transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, \
0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; background-color: \
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> "help-grub-request@gnu.org" \
<help-grub-request@gnu.org><br> <b><span style="font-weight: \
bold;">To:</span></b> help-grub@gnu.org <br> <b><span style="font-weight: \
bold;">Sent:</span></b> Monday, 22 October 2012, 17:00<br> <b><span \
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replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents \
of Help-grub digest..."<br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Grub displays Grub \
Rescue menu (Paul Lewis) (Tom Davies)<br> 2. chainload to second gpt drive \
(Ilya Hegai)<br> 3. Re: chainload to second gpt drive (Andrey \
Borzenkov)<br><div id="yiv395204443"><div><div \
style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div>Hi :) <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, \
0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>I suspect you have \
done the same as me, the same as the last thread in this list (which i didn't quite \
understand but suspect i just need to re-read sometime). The SSD is formatted \
using a GPT table rather than something unsuitable for SSDs? \
<br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, \
helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">What i tried was \
<span>booting into my old OS and then got to a command-line and \
tried</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, \
helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span></span></div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>sudo \
update-grub</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, \
0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br><span></span></div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><span>Now i can \
completely successfully boot into any of the OSes on my old drive. There is \
even a listing for the new drive but when i try to use that one the machine fails to \
boot up. <br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px; \
font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">So, i unplugged the old \
drive and left the new one in. A LiveCd session allowed me to reinstall (or \
install) Grub 2. So now if i have the old Sata Drive plugged in i get all my \
old OSes but if i unplug it i get the new one. Annoyingly the new one forces me \
into Mega Glest rather than regular Glest so i'm quite happy staying with the old \
one. <br></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, \
helvetica, sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">I do have a feelign that \
if i just set-up a small partition at the front of the SSD to dedicate to being a \
boot-partition and install Grub2 to that then i could have both but i think i would \
probably still be booting into the old OS!</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, \
0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br></div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Regards from</div><div \
style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:16px;font-family:arial, helvetica, \
sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">Tom :) \
<br></div></div></div></div><div id="yiv934403366">Is it possible at all? Because \
when I'm trying to do this to boot efi windows left on my second drive I ether got \
"not a valid root device" when I set up root with "set root='ahci1,gpt3'" or nothing \
with just "chainloader (ahci1,gpt3)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi" without setting \
root, I've got no drivemap (former map) in my grub2 build (gentoo) btw. \
<div><br></div><div>gpt3 is efi system partition, gpt10 is ntfs partition with \
windows</div><div><br></div><div>ps: At least I can load my linux from new ssd (hd0) \
;)</div> </div>В Вс., 21/10/2012 в 20:19 +0400, Ilya Hegai пишет:<br>> Is \
it possible at all? Because when I'm trying to do this to boot efi<br>> windows \
left on my second drive I ether got "not a valid root device"<br>> when I set up \
root with "set root='ahci1,gpt3'" or nothing with just<br>> "chainloader \
(ahci1,gpt3)/efi/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi" without<br>> setting root, \
<br><br>Are you booting in UEFI mode in the first place?<br><br>Does Windows boot at \
all if you manually boot from this file usign UEFI<br>boot menu (or start it from EFI \
shell)?<br><br>-andrey<br><br><br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Help-grub \
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</div> </div> </blockquote></div> </div></body></html>
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