From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1OEI7l-0005tf-NF for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 04:26:01 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=60524 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OEI3v-00024J-6u for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 04:25:58 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEI2G-0007nS-VU for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 04:22:00 -0400 Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com ([72.14.220.159]:31048) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OEI2G-0007md-DG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 18 May 2010 04:20:20 -0400 Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 22so1476151fge.12 for ; Tue, 18 May 2010 01:20:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :x-enigmail-version:content-type; bh=DejHcm0kgUQQBk6FgVM9gfJy6Q9iAJbprs8I+8P9PDc=; b=WUhdzfyniaEekd3Cdsqi7gksdtfYjeuo3LhnzGnhH5AGyfLqhGk1wHcd9jnCWv569P 7iDIlSdXhgsvCP8ySJZoLR1850SfXuuDaZaibaHgp+fdiRJLgobkK9P7qH7FNs2dgIbz EytziGpVNn2JEP6ghtvdu7uPUPFB18XVVQTek= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type; b=CIHfA3qIFwP37BKtPQtjXOoDM++74BKdY6bcJfn3Dcjt8duCc4VEAt1znj57TfSRw2 habMV8GQ6XW0OzW9O1HMMOtQu19N8mhMiFd9AfZFP6xkhy7WdXvttnYYdc35ALNf6JLA tDZK3KsbfiBBXLi4SisBHvaeKHwp0AsCmJmT8= Received: by 10.87.74.15 with SMTP id b15mr10355663fgl.11.1274170817430; Tue, 18 May 2010 01:20:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from debian.bg45.phnet (public-docking-hg-4-226.ethz.ch [129.132.244.226]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h2sm8584341fkh.55.2010.05.18.01.20.15 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 18 May 2010 01:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4BF24DB8.1040907@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 10:20:08 +0200 From: =?UTF-8?B?VmxhZGltaXIgJ8+GLWNvZGVyL3BoY29kZXInIFNlcmJpbmVua28=?= User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20091109) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The development of GNU GRUB References: <4BF22317.5070204@pricom.com.au> In-Reply-To: <4BF22317.5070204@pricom.com.au> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDD78DD8799D1C7467ACEC6D1" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Subject: Re: 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 08:25:58 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDD78DD8799D1C7467ACEC6D1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Philip Rhoades wrote: > 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). > This isn't a tech support list. Please use help-grub@gnu.org or IRC #grub= =2E > Thanks, > > Phil. --=20 Regards Vladimir '=CF=86-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko --------------enigDD78DD8799D1C7467ACEC6D1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iF4EAREKAAYFAkvyTb8ACgkQNak7dOguQgljtQEAop4AszevjW4Fm+dqRQc4qGfq ODvDrYk9y649ezb2wkQBAJiXleH8j1axDTvT9OQJsqQLt3Gy14MhDmrQ0cfS73iz =NJSe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDD78DD8799D1C7467ACEC6D1--