Grub and `other' OS

[Tom Diehl]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003, Harry Putnam wrote:

> Severn is my first time using grub... I've been cowering behind
> lilo for quite a while.
> 
> I'm guessing its pretty easy to do but not so clear just how to set
> up an `other' os to be started by grub.
> 
> In this case its a solaris (x86) install on /dev/hda.  With past RH
> releases I've been starting it with the tried and tru lilo technique:
> 
>   [..]
>   other=/dev/hda1
>           label=sol
>           table=/dev/hda
>   [...]
> 
> Severn is on /dev/hdc1 and bootloader is installed in MBR of /dev/hda
> How is this done with grub?

Grub config is similar but different. :-) 

Here is a copy of my grub conf:
 grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd1,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdc5
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9)
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=LABEL=/
    initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-13.9)
    root (hd1,0)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.9 ro root=LABEL=/
    initrd /initrd-2.4.20-13.9.img
title Solaris 9
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

This should give you an idea of how to do it.

HTH,

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