From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OEG8d-0004SU-H9 for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 02:18:47 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33515 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OEG8W-0004SF-Rh for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 02:18:45 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEG8R-0004kL-RW for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 02:18:40 -0400 Received: from 203-206-181-78.perm.iinet.net.au ([203.206.181.78]:37261 helo=prix.pricom.com.au) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEG8R-0004hz-1t for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 02:18:35 -0400 Received: (qmail 13411 invoked from network); 18 May 2010 05:18:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO prix.pricom.com.au) (127.0.0.1) by prix.pricom.com.au with SMTP; 18 May 2010 05:18:15 -0000 Message-ID: <4BF22317.5070204@pricom.com.au> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 15:18:15 +1000 From: Philip Rhoades Organization: Pricom Pty Ltd User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.8) Gecko/20100301 Fedora/3.0.3-1.fc12 Thunderbird/3.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: grub-devel@gnu.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Linux 2.6? (barebone, rare!) Subject: Using GRUB2 to access/change GRUB legacy partitions X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 06:18:45 -0000 People, I have a Gateway LT30 netbook that I am using for on the road that does everything I want: - WiFi - Broadband Wireless with Fedora 13 - except: - sound input is a problem (maybe it is a faulty microphone but I am not sure - F13 is a bit slow on this little computer so I have been checking out LOTS of the other distros. F13 uses GRUB legacy. Most of the other distros have a problem either installing or actually running and some use GRUB2. GRUB2 imports all the setup stuff I have for GRUB legacy on F13 (/dev/sda1) but if I want to simply delete the new distro from it's partition and go back to F13 with GRUB legacy, I have to boot on an F13 Live CD and run GRUB from a shell to reset the system to boot from the /dev/sda1 (hd0,0) partition. After doing this a lot I am wondering if there isn't an easier way of doing it? Shouldn't I be able to restore the original setup from the newly installed distro running GRUB2? (I have Googled and looked through the GRUB mail archives). Thanks, Phil. -- Philip Rhoades GPO Box 3411 Sydney NSW 2001 Australia E-mail: phil@pricom.com.au