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basic69
Hello.
My first question ever.
In this time of Corona I need a lot of PC for my family (school, work,play, etc).
I find an old PC for me an HP VECTRAVL420 with 1,54 GB RAM, 2 HD and Windows XP (sda)
I installed Debian 9 (sdb) but Debian was too slow for that PC.
So I installed Antix 19 in a new partition of sdb (sdb3). Common swap partition for Debian and Antix.
I told to Antix installer “DON’T INSTALL GRUB”.
After installation (no errors) I tried to update GRUB. In a Debian Terminal I wrote: “update-grub2”.
In GRUB MENU now there’s an entry with Antix but when I choose it I receive this message:
“NO SUCH DEVICE cbc1ac80-79b8-4d32-823d-c342e7d51182”
“FILE SYSTEM UNKNOWN”
“FIND KERNEL BEFORE”
Can you help me please? I would like to maintain all the OS (XP, DEBIAN and Antix).
I think my grub.cfg is usefull for you.
Thank you very much.
B69- This topic was modified 3 years ago by basic69.
christophe
Whenever I have installed a new OS, using the existing grub (as you did), I have always chose to install the NEW OS’s grub to the PBR (partition boot record).
If you reinstall antiX, choosing to install antiX’s grub bootloader to PBR, then I believe it will work as you expect, once you run update-grub from your Linux distro that has its grub installed to the MBR (Debian, I assume, in your case).
I hope this helps 🙂
confirmed antiX frugaler, since 2019
Anonymous
Please start your Linux, which manages the boot loader (where you have run update-grub2. Debian does not use the term “grub2”).
Open a terminal, become root and check the UUID with the command
blkid -c /dev/null -o listIf this UUID is the same as in your error message, continue with the following commands:
grub-mkdevicemap --no-floppy update-grubThe first command is recommended when using multiple HDD’s
The second command updates Grub’s menu so that you can select antiX19 and start it correctly.Restart.
Hello.
Thank you both.
Male….UUID is the same.
I tried your istructions, but unfortunally I had same problem…..
Regards
B69BobC
It sounded like you can’t use Debian anyway. If so, why not just install antiX and boot from it by default. When antiX installs it should also create boot options for other operating systems like Debian and XP.
BTW, if you have important things on the disk, you should have them backed up or saved someplace already, but if not, you should do that just to be safe, first, before trying other things.
Hello.
Thank you both.
Male….UUID is the same.
I tried your istructions, but unfortunally I had same problem…..
Regards
B69I can’t believe it, because it works!
What I’m noticing:
– why are you using a pae-kernel in Debian and not the antiX19?
– why does that mean Debian and your 40_custom entry use the same boot device?Because, you are not starting Debian at all, but the Rescatux-ISO…
Hello male.
I’m going to take some time to study your post 🙂
Thank you at the moment.
Regards
B69Firstly:
They have a Pentium4 processor. As far as I know, they don’t need a pae-Kernel for that. Therefore the one for Debian is wrong and the one for antiX is right.As always in life, you have two options. A simple one, what BobC writes above, you reinstall antiX19 with its grub in the MBR of the HDD(sda). It is then your main boot loader.
Or, you want to learn something and fix the current configuration…AA BB
This may be off-topic but If I want to install on the same HDD -base- and -core- , is it best to install grub on the MBR or PBR ?
Also, both installs must use the same method i.e both use MBR or both use PBR , correct ?AA BB,
The ESP or MBR on the drive the machine boots from will control the boot. You should always let an OS you trust control the boot.
If you add another OS and it isn’t going to control the boot, you should save to PBR so the main OS will find the specs there to create that partition’s boot script.
Whatever one controls the boot has to be updated last to include those PBR changes, which will mean needing to reboot to it and updating it after adding an OS that goes to PBR.
If male says I’m wrong, listen to him instead. My comments above are just from my experiences and mistakes.
Hello male.
I don’t know why I have PAE kernel!?! Debian installer did it. It works.
I edited 40_custum file to boot RESCATUX LIVE with Grub, without use CD. I put it in my /boot directory in the same disk of Debian and Antix (hd1,1). It works. Now i’m tring to boot CLonzilla!
So…I can’t boot with antix. I’ll better study grub and boot rules. One day I’ll find a solution. Anyway, I installed a lighter window and file manager on debian and my system is quicker. I think antix can wait 🙂
Thank you very muche for replies.
Regards.
B69
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