menu.lst entry for Sabayon 6 [Solved]

[houndhen]

Good, so the next thing you will do is to look for the sabayon image and add is a entry, I showed you which was the way, but there is another thing here, can you acces grub.conf ? (It's a menu.lst)

Yes, I got into grub.cfg on/sda9 and the first entry is this:

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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon' --class sabayon --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
   load_video
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ext2
   set root='(hd0,msdos9)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835
   echo   'Loading Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon ...'
   linux   /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon ro  init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm resume=swap:UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca real_resume=UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca root=UUID=d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835 docrypt
   echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
   initrd   /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon
}

Surely, I don't need all that for an entry in my menu.lst file?

[houndhen]

I've skimmed over it, so read the SL Wiki article: HOWTO: Restore Grub2 for the full details.

Don't want to appear to be stubborn, but I don't like grub2 and want to use grub legacy if possible. If I restore grub2 then I am back where I started from. I don't have any idea why when I reset the MBR from inside Mepis that it missed writing the entry for Sabayon into the menu.lst file.

I do appreciate everyone's help. You all are much more knowledgeable than I.

[BlackNoxis]

Yes, I got into grub.cfg on/sda9 and the first entry is this:

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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon' --class sabayon --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
   load_video
   insmod gzio
   insmod part_msdos
   insmod ext2
   set root='(hd0,msdos9)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835
   echo   'Loading Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon ...'
   linux   /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon ro  init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm resume=swap:UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca real_resume=UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca root=UUID=d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835 docrypt
   echo   'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
   initrd   /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon
}

Surely, I don't need all that for an entry in my menu.lst file?

Hmm, it's a bit too many useless things there, like the echos or the insmodes. Watch this one :

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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon'
   set root='(hd0,X)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835
   linux   /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon ro  init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm resume=swap:UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca real_resume=UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca root=UUID=d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835 docrypt
   initrd   /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon


In the X thingy, you gotta put your sabayon drive, so I presume you know how to find it. And about the /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon, I presume also you have the image prepared somewhere there. If not, the only solution is (as Fitz said) Restore Grub2

[houndhen]

Hmm, it's a bit too many useless things there, like the echos or the insmodes. Watch this one :

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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon'
   set root='(hd0,X)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835
   linux   /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon ro  init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm resume=swap:UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca real_resume=UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca root=UUID=d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835 docrypt
   initrd   /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon


In the X thingy, you gotta put your sabayon drive, so I presume you know how to find it. And about the /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon, I presume also you have the image prepared somewhere there. If not, the only solution is (as Fitz said) Restore Grub2

Sabayon is /dev/sda9. I copied and pasted your code and pasted into my menu.lst. I then changed 'menuentry' to 'title' and put '8' for the X because grub legacy starts counting at zero.

Thanks for your help. I will let you know if it works.Will probably be a few hours before I post back. Have to leave.
Harold

[houndhen]

Hmm, it's a bit too many useless things there, like the echos or the insmodes. Watch this one :

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### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.39-sabayon'
   set root='(hd0,X)'
   search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835
   linux   /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon ro  init=/linuxrc splash=silent,theme:sabayon vga=791 console=tty1 quiet dokeymap keymap=us domdadm resume=swap:UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca real_resume=UUID=7186653c-be0c-4f02-a4e1-72d040d19dca root=UUID=d49f9672-6945-4f61-ac94-475de8980835 docrypt
   initrd   /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon


In the X thingy, you gotta put your sabayon drive, so I presume you know how to find it. And about the /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon, I presume also you have the image prepared somewhere there. If not, the only solution is (as Fitz said) Restore Grub2

Sabayon is /dev/sda9. I copied and pasted your code and pasted into my menu.lst. I then changed 'menuentry' to 'title' and put '8' for the X because grub legacy starts counting at zero.

Thanks for your help. I will let you know if it works.Will probably be a few hours before I post back. Have to leave.
Harold

After copying, pasting, and editing the menu.lst as stated above, I tried it and got this;

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initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-Sabayon
error 19: Linux Kernel must be loaded before initrd
press any key....


Now I did notice while looking in the /boot folder of /dev/sda9 that file 'initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.39-sabayon' is a gzip type file. Could this be causing the menu.lst to get errors?

Don't remember if I said this earlier in this diatribe but, after the install and allowing grub2 to re-write the mbr, I rebooted and updated from the CL. It took hours to update with DSL. Then the next day I wanted grub legacy back, so I booted into Mepis and did the gui resetting of the mbr. When I rebooted I had grub legacy back but no menu entry for Sabayon. Since then I have reset the mbr from inside Mepis with the same result. I am not really efficient from the CL and am not able to use man pages to help me, but I am wondering if the files needed to boot Sabayon are located in different places than Ubuntu or Mepis and grub legacy can't find what it needs to boot Sabayon. Just a thought.

[BlackNoxis]

Well, your thought is partially right, but you need to do a thing ... restore Grub2 from the Sabayon, that's now the only option remaining. Reply here after you did it. Good luck !

[houndhen]

Well, your thought is partially right, but you need to do a thing ... restore Grub2 from the Sabayon, that's now the only option remaining. Reply here after you did it. Good luck !

Got grub2 restored and rebooted into Sabayon.

[BlackNoxis]

Do you see the other OSes ?

[houndhen]

Yes, I see the other OSes.

[BlackNoxis]

Then I believe this case is Solved ?