Recently I received an old laptop Sony Vaio VGN-C13G (originally it was released in 2006). Added more memory. Now it has 3GB. Than I decided to install 2 Linux distros: SUSE 13.1 and Mint MATE 17. And some problems started.
After any installation Grub 2 was not showing up. I followed many forum posts how to make it visible. I tried experimenting with different distributions: Ubuntu, CentOS, Mint.
To make sure that there were no leftovers I low formatted HD using
Finally I created just 2 partitions. Installed Linux Mint on /dev/sda1 and Open SuSE on /dev/sda2.
Still Grub 2 was not showing. When I changed to Legacy Grub (using YAST) I can see its menu but without Linux Mint.
I tried also tried YAST>Boot Loader Settings>Other>Reread configuration from disk.
Please have a look at some more info which might be related to my problem:
I wonder if its possible that Grub 2 cannot work on my laptop? Do I really have to stick to Legacy Grub? Would be possible to add Linux Mint to its menu?
Thank you for any help and recommendations how to rectify my problems.
After any installation Grub 2 was not showing up. I followed many forum posts how to make it visible. I tried experimenting with different distributions: Ubuntu, CentOS, Mint.
To make sure that there were no leftovers I low formatted HD using
Code:
if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdaStill Grub 2 was not showing. When I changed to Legacy Grub (using YAST) I can see its menu but without Linux Mint.
I tried also tried YAST>Boot Loader Settings>Other>Reread configuration from disk.
Please have a look at some more info which might be related to my problem:
Code:
linux-sony:/home/zbyszek # fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes, 156301488 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk label type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x000ab6da
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 2048 74399743 37198848 83 Linux
/dev/sda2 * 74399744 148766719 37183488 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 148766720 156301311 3767296 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 148768768 156301311 3766272 82 Linux swap / Solaris
linux-sony:/home/zbyszek #Code:
linux-sony:/home/zbyszek # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Aug 26 17:50:44 EST 2014
# THIS FILE WILL BE PARTIALLY OVERWRITTEN by perl-Bootloader
# For the new kernel it try to figure out old parameters. In case we are not able to recognize it (e.g. change of flavor or strange install order ) it it use as fallback installation parameters from /etc/sysconfig/bootloader
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/message
##YaST - activate
##YaST - generic_mbr
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title openSUSE 13.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK8032GSX_X6IJF5AHS-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK8032GSX_X6IJF5AHS-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts
initrd /boot/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- openSUSE 13.1
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK8032GSX_X6IJF5AHS-part2 showopts apm=off noresume edd=off powersaved=off nohz=off highres=off processor.max_cstate=1 nomodeset x11failsafe
initrd /boot/initrd
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Kernel-3.11.6-4-desktop
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-3.11.6-4-desktop root=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK8032GSX_X6IJF5AHS-part2 resume=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-TOSHIBA_MK8032GSX_X6IJF5AHS-part5 splash=silent quiet showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-3.11.6-4-desktop
linux-sony:/home/zbyszek #Thank you for any help and recommendations how to rectify my problems.