Should I just use dd to nuke the ones that say that they have GRUB installed, or all of them (leaving out /dev/sda, which is of course the internal hard drive, which is working fine and I have no plans to change it)?īoy, I just keep discovering new things for the FILE command to do. I see GRUB listed on some of them - /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc but all of them say they have a boot sector.
Sde: sticky x86 boot sector, Microsoft Windows XP MBR, Serial 0圆3846 partition 1: ID=0x83, starthead 254, startsector 464130560, 268435456 sectors partition 2: ID=0x83, starthead 4, startsector 256, 464130304 sectors, code offset 0xc0 Sdd: sticky x86 boot sector partition 1: ID=0x83, starthead 1, startsector 63, 1953519532 sectors, code offset file -s sde Sdc: sticky x86 boot sector GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version 0x4e, boot drive 0x3c, stage2 address 0xfa74, 1st sector stage2 0xb40007bb, stage2 segment 0xcd0e partition 1: ID=0x83, starthead 1, startsector 63, 625139649 sectors, code offset file -s sdd Sdb: sticky x86 boot sector GRand Unified Bootloader, stage1 version 0x3, stage2 address 0x2000, stage2 segment 0x200 partition 1: ID=0x83, starthead 32, startsector 2048, 976771072 sectors, code offset file -s sdc On all of my external hard drives here's the output: file -s sda Initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.Thanks! I ran file -s Title CrunchBang, kernel 2.6.28-13-generic (recovery mode) The installation process of GRUB will start as soon as you hit the Enter key.
Usually, you should install the boot loader on your first machine hard disk MBR, which is /dev/sda in most cases. Kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-13-generic root=UUID=659a2a64-40e5-42c2-993f-333f9a504ae5 ro quiet splash On the next screen, type your machine disk device where the GRUB will be installed and press Enter to continue, as shown in the below image. Title CrunchBang, kernel 2.6.28-13-generic # should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
# should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system # should update-grub create memtest86 boot option # update-grub will ignore non-xen kernels when running in domU and vice versa # specify if running in Xen domU or have grub detect automatically # only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the # controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options # Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # should update-grub lock old automagic boot options # additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the # should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options # should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options # If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z # default kernel options for automagic boot options # DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs # by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below # lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu) # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. with the usb in, boot with live cd, open terminal and run sudo grub, then type, find /boot/grub/stage1. i had grub on the usb and first boot devise was usb, so when usb was in, it booted to linux and if the usb was not there, then it booted of the hard drive and booted to windows. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your i had ubuntu running from usb before i put it onto my hd. # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number.
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) Anyway, here is the entire list in case it is of help.
I dont know what the location is supposed to be for it. I can get in now and save, but i dont know what to save.