SimplyMEPIS-CD_6.5.b6_64.iso 2 hard drives Windows not written to Grub
OK, basically, I have two hard drives, one for Windows, one for Linux, at final stage of install it asked for Grub and both OS, so it seemed fine, upon boot, Grub, did not reflect Windows partition.
Here is my original copy of Grub menu.lst
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title MEPIS at sda1, newest kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/sda3
boot
title MEPIS at sda1, previous kernel (if any)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/sda3
boot
title MEPIS at sda1, kernel 2.6.15-27-desktop64-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-desktop64-smp root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/sda3
boot
title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
Here is my corrected version, I've added my other Linux OS's, added mapping for Windows
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title MEPIS at sda1, newest kernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/sda3
boot
title MEPIS at sda1, previous kernel (if any)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/sda3
boot
title MEPIS at sda1, kernel 2.6.15-27-desktop64-smp
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-27-desktop64-smp root=/dev/sda1 nomce quiet vga=791 resume=/dev/sda3
boot
title Fedora Core release 6 2895 (Zod) (on /dev/sda5)
root (hd0,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.19-1.2895.fc6.img
boot
title openSUSE 10.2 (X86-64) (on /dev/sda8)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-default root=/dev/sda8 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-default
boot
title openSUSE 10.2 XEN (X86-64) (on /dev/sda8)
root (hd0,7)
kernel /boot/xen.gz
module /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18.2-34-xen root=/dev/sda8 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/sda1 splash=silent showopts elevator=
module /boot/initrd-2.6.18.2-34-xen
boot
title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-11-generic
root (hd0,10)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-11-generic root=/dev/sda11 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-11-generic
boot
title Elive Revolution rl2 (on /dev/sda14)
root (hd0,13)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15.7 root=/dev/sda14 vga=791 splash=silent
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15.7
boot
title Windows at sdb1
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
makeactive
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
chainloader +1
title MEMTEST
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
Also, another topic, Opera, it's installed at root level, instead of default under /usr/lib/, question here is why, we have linux32 installed, wrapper for flash, I feel slightly uncomfortable with Opera installed the way it is !
Will keep testing, for me no issues for Open Office, curious new installation menu in setup offers a few options, it would be nice to have a detailed explanation of the options offered. but my default installation went well.
Using EMT54 Intel 3.00Ghz, dual core.




The issue is known:
The issue is known: http://www.mepis.org/node/12779
You need to unmount Windows partition and reinstall GRUB.
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