[Bug 924406] Re: GRUB cannot chainload to another GRUB

[FrankKubuntu]

Fair point, Steve!

Let me explain.

My situation is a bit complex and I am trying to find a way out, which I
could not so far cuz I have hit problems all the time.

Since I was not able to chainload from grub-legacy (openSUSE 0.97
version) to grub2 (Kubuntu 11.10) this is a reason why I downgraded to
grub-legacy on Kubuntu 11.10. But I hit a problem too, this one.


The other reason why I downgraded to grub-legacy is that with grub2 I was not able to boot a cloned disk, as the clone becomes unbootable (grub2's menu does not even display).
Then I downgraded to grub-legacy, thinking it should work as it always had with openSUSE distro, so I thought it would be the same with Kubuntu.

But I get the same problem as grub2 (cloned disk unbootable), so I
opened a ticket that you can refer here #923070
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub/+bug/923070


So I am sort of stuck at the moment. I agree chainload is not a high priority for me, but it makes my testing a lot easier as I don't need to change the menu.lst many times when needed.
I agree grub-legacy will not be supported at some point in time, I am willing to use grub2, but then I had the clone problem and grub-legacy (part of Kubuntu 11.10) has the same problem as well, hence the above ticket 923070 opened.


If grub2 could have 923070 fixed, I would use it.


I am not sure what to do at the moment.

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Title:
  GRUB cannot chainload to another GRUB

Status in “grub” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  grub-legacy (0.99) included with Kubuntu 11.10 (Muon).

  I have 2 identical disks, the only difference being their manufacturer
  serial number (disk ID) or UUIDs if using them.

  Both disks have the exact same partition table.
  Both disks run grub legacy, one being openSUSE 11.2 grub 0.97 and the other Kubuntu 11.10 grub 0.99.

  I can boot each disk independently as master or boot Kubuntu's kernel
  directly using the appropriate menu entry in menu.lst from my openSUSE
  disk. This means it boots grub on openSUSE disk1 and from there I
  directly boot Kubuntu on disk2, by passing the grub installed on
  disk2.

  However, I cannot chainload grub 0.99 of Kubuntu on disk2 from my grub
  0.97 of openSUSE on disk1.

  grub returns ERROR 13.

  The menu entry I am using to chainload is:

  
  title Linux test -- External drive Chainload
      root (hd1,0)
      chainloader +1
      boot

  
  This menu entry works perfectly when I chainload using openSUSE as the distro on disk2, but changing it to Kubuntu and I get ERROR 13.

  Thank you

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