I have 2 hard drives. I installed 8.5-beta3 in my second drive (hda) which has 2 partitions. Because I was concerned that installing grub from my 8.5-beta3 test would mess up my current grub, I skipped that part. So now I need to update my grub list so that it picks up the antix-8.5-beta3 install.

Oddly, pcmanfm sees that particular partition as /media/disk.

Here's the output of fdisk -l
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000b4e0f

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 8425 67673781 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 8426 9729 10474380 83 Linux

Disk /dev/hdb: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x0002d60a

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 1401 11253501 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 1402 1545 1156680 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdb3 1546 19457 143878140 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 1546 19457 143878108+ 83 Linux

The new antix test install is in hda2. directory structure looks ok.

Any suggestions?

thanks
Pedro

Post the menu.lst from hdb

Note that there was sidux installation in hda1 before, but I did away with that. The last entry is my attempt to get antix8.5 to boot up.

Here it is:

timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1

gfxmenu /boot/grub/message

title antiX at hdb1, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet nosplash vga=791 resume=/dev/hdb2
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
boot

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.28-5.slh.3-sidux-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-5.slh.3-sidux-686 root=UUID=45cf5ab8-fa30-4b50-a84c-faefd5119b33 ro quiet vga=791
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.28-5.slh.3-sidux-686

title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/hdb1 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd1,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(single-user mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/hdb1 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.27-1-mepis-smp (single-user mode)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/hdb1 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel memtest86+
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title antiX-8.5

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp root=/dev/hdb1 nomce quiet nosplash vga=791 resume=/dev/hdb2
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-1-mepis-smp
boot


thanks

Your"second" drive is hda???? that should be your first drive. No.

You could have just installed grub to /root then copied the few lines from it and added them to the menu.lst you are using.

it's complicated. My original drive with this sytem is hda, but I installed a second hd which is bigger and I wanted it to be my primary hardrive, that's hdb, and that's where I have my regular antix running.

I didnt think of the option of copying grub to root. Since I wasn't sure what all the options would do I was mostly concerned about hosing up my regular antix.

thanks.

Installing grub to root will not touch your default installation at all. Your default grub will not see the new install until you intervene by either adding a new line or reinstalling grub. Reinstalling grub should pick up all installs and add them to the menu.lst.

sounds like a plan. Should I reinstall grub from the live-cd then?

thanks.

You could use the mepis utilities on the live disc, they should work fine.

You can boot the live cd and use the Mepis System tool to install grub to the / partition of your beta3 installation then copy the menu.lst entry to your main menu.lst.
That would be the easiest way that i know. As a side note, an advantage of grub2 is that it picks automatically any grub-legacy, grub or lilo installation.