Dual boot problem

oldman talbotscott at cox.net
Fri Sep 29 14:42:10 UTC 2006


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Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>> On Thursday 28 September 2006 02:36 pm, Phil Meyer wrote:
>>> Grumpy_Penguin wrote:
>>>> I have Kubuntu 6.06.1 amd 64 version installed on HDa 80 GB
>>>> I installed Fedora Core 6 64 bit version on HDb 300 Gb
>>>> when I rebooted grub could not find FC 6
>>>> Any idea what I did wrong?
>>> The only thing you did 'wrong' was not to decide in advance who gets to
>>> control grub. :)
>>>
>> found problem Kbumtu dosn't have a /etc/grub.conf file
>> so i guess that I will have to reinstall FC6 first ...then install K BUM tu
>>
> Check to see if there is a /etc/lilo.conf in Kbumtu. If so, it is
> using LILO instead of Grub as the boot loader. You can create an
> entry in /etc/lilo.conf for Fedora. Use the same setup as Phil Meyer
> talked about, but put this in /etc/lilo.conf
> 
> other=/dev/hdb1
>       label="Fedora"
> 
> Then run lilo so that it knows about the change.
> 
> Mikkel

There is no /etc/grub.conf on Kbuntu by design. it is a Debian fork, not
a Red Hat fork. The Grub file is located in /boot/grub and is named menu.lst

HTH

Scott
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