Bootloader Karmic Koala with Grub2

Today I have finished installing karmic koala, at menu loader many option to log in, and than I thing to remove some loader.

First I go to : /boot/grub/menu.lst , but viola... i cant that at my karmic koala. after googling I can find the problem, the last version of ubuntu use Grub v1 and for ubuntu karmic koala user Grub v2.

what is basicly different between Grub v1 and Grub v2?

• menu.lst no longer controls the menu.

• 'grub.cfg` is now in control of the menu.

• grub.cfg is automatically generated by one of the GRUB 2 scripts.

• The partition numbering is different.

• Stanzas are phrased slightly differently and can't be copied directly from a GRUB 1 menu.lst to grub.cfg. They are pretty close and easy to change, though.

So according to manual from grub v2, i can edit my loader Ubuntu Karmic with : /boot/grub/grub.cfg

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-19-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,10)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-19-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,10)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,10)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-14-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,10)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-14-generic root=UUID=fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-14-generic
}
## END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

and change to :

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-19-generic" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
set quiet=1
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,10)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
}
menuentry "Ubuntu, Linux 2.6.31-19-generic (recovery mode)" {
recordfail=1
if [ -n ${have_grubenv} ]; then save_env recordfail; fi
insmod ext2
set root=(hd0,10)
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9
linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-19-generic root=UUID=fa5dfed6-faa4-43b5-b0a9-6b3f623706f9 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.31-19-generic
}
## END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

After do that we can reboot our Ubuntu and just look different view while boot loader menu shown.

Fix Problem Dual Boot Debian Lenny and Windows

Today I try install Debian Lenny on my Laptop, but after all any problem with my windows partition, because grub loader cant load windows system.

To fix it i try search at google and found same problem, from that information I do this step :

According to review from distrowatch, that any criticall packages is not installed why Debian Lenny install, the packages is HAL ( Hardware Abstraction Layer ). This meant that removable media was not automatically mounted. Simply installing the hal package solved this problem.

Just run : ~#apt-get install hal

Next step edit /boot/grub/menu.lst at this row :

title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1

became :

title Microsoft Windows XP Professional
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader +1
just look at italic text, root change with rootnoverify. after that reboot your system and viola... bootloader running well dan you can choose windows boot option.