Selecting The Kernel Version When Booting Up Kubuntu

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I have a dual boot PC - Kubuntu and WinXP. The PC has two hard drives but both OS's were installed on the main drive. Not knowing how to leave well enough alone, I installed PCLinuxOS onto the second drive which promptly overwrote my grub menu that Kubuntu initially setup.

That problem was resolved through the help of this forum and all still works just fine but I just realized that I no longer have the option of choosing which kernel to run for Kubuntu. Now the grub menu is strictly the one PCLinuxOS installed and it only has one entry each for Kubuntu, PcLinuxOS, and Windows XP.

How can I get the multiple kernel options again for Kubuntu? I know it has something to do with the old versus new grub menu but I do not know how to use one versus the other or if the older one still exists (did PCLinuxOS over write it?)

All help is appreciated.

Mike

[Qqmike]

Re: Selecting The Kernel Version When Booting Up Kubuntu

The “old” choices should still be in the Kubuntu file /boot/grub/menu.lst.
So, you could copy the other kernel option boot entries from the Kubuntu /boot/grub/menu.lst into the PCLinuxOS menu.lst (it is the PCLinuxOS menu.lst that controls the boot show, as I understand it, as you've explained).

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Re: Selecting The Kernel Version When Booting Up Kubuntu

BAM!

I actually figured that out all by myself! Really, I did. Before I checked this forum I did exactly as you described and it worked great! You see...I'm learning

I have decided to delete PCLOS because I just did not like it that much. I was going to wipe the entire disc but that would get rid of the grub menu that I am booting from. The grub menu for Kubuntu, then one I just copied, still exists so how do I redirect the MBR to look at the grub menu instead of the one located on the second hard drive?

Thanks!

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Re: Selecting The Kernel Version When Booting Up Kubuntu

Ok...it's been a while since I posted this thread so please forgive. All is working as stated above but now I have decided that I need the hard drive the PCLOS is installed on so I want to wipe the drive clean and start fresh. However, it is on that drive where the grub menu exists which shows at startup. I still have a grub menu on my other drive and it would work just fine but I do not know how to tell my computer to look on the first hard drive for grub instead of the second hard drive.

I assume the Master Boot Record has something to do with this but I've never modified on so I thought I would ask before attempting. So...just to make clear - my question is "How do tell my computer to use the grub menu on /dev/sda (where kubuntu is installed) instead of /dev/sdb (which I wish to erase)?"

Below is the results of fdisk -l
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 6135 49279356 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 6136 9572 27607702+ 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda3 9573 9726 1237005 5 Extended
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda5 9573 9726 1236973+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Disk /dev/sdb: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
240 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2586 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 = 7741440 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0000675f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 1083 8187448+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 1084 2586 11362680 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1084 1455 2812288+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6 1456 2586 8550328+ 83 Linux
mrmsudawgs@closet:~$

Thanks!