Grub configuration

[trickster]

I was trying to set up Grub. I downloaded the source for 0.91, applied the boot splash patch, and installed it. It went flawlessly. Then I went to the PET's page to look up the GRUB pet. I realize that it says there that, after installing Grub, I should have a /boot/grub directory. But no directory appeared.
I haven't tried to run grub yet, since I don't know how it will work without this folder. There seems to be no menu.lst or grub.conf either. Any ideas?
This is my lilo.conf:

# LILO configuration file
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# DOS bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda1
label = Windows
table = /dev/hda
# DOS bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda4
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20pre5
root = /dev/hda4
label = Slackware
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

[pbharris]

hey trickster,
what distro is this?

[trickster]

Slackware 8.1

[pbharris]

ah - okay, well for *you* i would make a directory in /etc/ and call it grub, then make the grub.conf file in /etc/grub and try to make it like the config in the PET.


I am assuming you grabbed off the source - or is there a slack package for grub?

[trickster]

No, I used the source. Should the grub.conf be the only file there?

[pbharris]

Hi Trickster,
Okay - If you don't have it then please go get it - it is check install - is is easy to use and makes life much easier when a little mistake is made, and it makes nice slackware packages too.

after you have checkinstall, or if you decided to he** with pbharris, i don't need no stinking checkinstall then run make install tehre is an isntall scrpit, for the source it defaults to installing here:
/usr/local/sbin/grub-install - try running it as root and you should be on your merry way.


btw - here is pretty close to what i would make your grub.conf look like, you wopuld need to create the initrd images:

timeout=60  
splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Linux
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda4 hdc=ide-scsi 
initrd /boot/initrd.img

title slackware
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20pre5 ro root=/dev/hda4 hdc=ide-scsi 
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20.img

title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

i am not sure of what i would put in for the vga stuff....

[Gaenya]

you have to manually create the /boot/grub directory and copy stage1 and stage2 files there, the create the /boot/grub/menu.lst file as pbHarris said.

Another good tutorial on installing grub is
http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/grub-howto.txt

[trickster]

Where do I get the stage1 and stage2 files? and how do I make the initrd images?
I have somewhere the link on the vga stuff.

[pbharris]

hey trickster - when you do the make install the files are put in the following directories:

/usr/doc/grub-0.92/AUTHORS
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/BUGS
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/COPYING
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/ChangeLog
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/INSTALL
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/NEWS
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/README
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/THANKS
/usr/doc/grub-0.92/TODO
/usr/local/bin/mbchk
/usr/local/info/dir
/usr/local/info/grub.info
/usr/local/info/grub.info-1
/usr/local/info/grub.info-2
/usr/local/info/grub.info-3
/usr/local/info/multiboot.info
/usr/local/man/man1/mbchk.1
/usr/local/man/man8/grub-install.8
/usr/local/man/man8/grub-md5-crypt.8
/usr/local/man/man8/grub.8
/usr/local/sbin/grub
/usr/local/sbin/grub-install
/usr/local/sbin/grub-md5-crypt
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/e2fs_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/fat_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/ffs_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/jfs_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/minix_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/reiserfs_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/stage1
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/stage2
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/vstafs_stage1_5
/usr/local/share/grub/i386-pc/xfs_stage1_5

[trickster]

Ok, I got it installed. the grub-setup did not worked, but I ran grub, then did root (hd0,3), then install, and it worked fine. However, I did not got the vga patch to work. I found some documentation on it, though. I'm going to play with it a bit more, and will post how to do it if I get it working.