Keeping things simple is a matter of personal preference. On my desktop computer, I have Crux, SourceMage, Void, Gentoo, Arch, and Windows10 on 3 disks, a SSD and 2 HDD's (and I've tried many others). They are all booted from Grub Legacy (Grub1) which is located on the Gentoo distro. I have never had a problem booting anything. I have never used a separate boot partition. The 2 HDD's have at least 10 different partitions. Four of the Linux distros have custom kernels, I've never used "make firmware_install". If you plan on re-partitioning in the future (maybe to try another distro), id'ing your partitions with UUID probably makes sense. Device names can change, UUID's do not. That being said, I have always used device names. Good luck, glad you got it installed. Crux is my favorite. Dan On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:53 AM, Milton Smith <miltonsj@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok Steve. I just installed it again following your instructions. It worked! I was not doing 'make firmware_install' when compiling the kernel. I am gonna keep it simple from now on. One os on each disk! I am reformatting my Ubuntu drive now. No more of that! Thanks again.
Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r> On Jan 27, 2017, at 12:04 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
It's not a problem if you configure fstab correctly. I never do because all of my crux machines are one physical drive and one partition per system, I don't even use swap. I just like to keep things clean and simple.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:58 PM, Milton Smith <miltonsj@gmail.com> wrote:
I am using gmail in the web browser, I must have hit a button accidentally to enlarge the font.. I am sorry about that. I think I have got it fixed now. I don't see a reply all button. I thought I was sending all my messages to the group. 😯 I am CC'ing this message now. One last question: Are you using a separate boot partition on your disk for your CRUX installation? I usually dont, and I am wondering it that may cause a problem.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Steve Volumetric < volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
Also your font in your last few emails is gigantic, is that intentional? I've been CC'ing the crux list on my replies because you're not replying-to-all and I think the rest of the list may be able to help you better. Good luck. I'll help if I can.
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:49 PM, Milton Smith <miltonsj@gmail.com> wrote:
Ok. Steve. I will follow your steps exactly and see what happens. Thanks for the help, and I will post back here later this evening or tomorrow and let you know what happens. Thanks!
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Steve Volumetric < volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
If your goal is to dual boot, i might not be able to help you. If you're trying to just set up a bare-metal crux system, your grub install process must be wonky, though, all I do is: (appropriate fstab changes) grub-install /dev/sda (compile kernel, make modules_install, make firmware_install, cp System.map /boot/, cp arch/x86/boot/bzimage /boot/vmlinuz-1) grub-mkconfig > /boot/grub/grub.cfg reboot
I don't think I'm missing anything critical there as far as just being able to boot is concerned...
On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:07 PM, Milton Smith <miltonsj@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am using grub in Ubuntu because when I install grub in CRUX, I > reboot to a grub rescue prompt and not a grub menu. It is very > inconvenient. The UUID in stab just takes the place of where you put > /dev/sdb, etc. Does that help clear it up? Thanks > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:56 AM, Steve Volumetric < > volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote: > >> How or more importantly why are you using Ubuntu's grub2 in crux? >> Is it an EFI system? I'm not sure what you mean by UUID in the >> context of fstab, I almost always have something like: >> >> /dev/sdb1 / ext4 defaults,noatime(or whatever) 0 1 >> >> I wouldn't recommend using utilities for a different distrobution, >> crux comes with grub2. >> >> -vsteve >> >> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:42 AM, Milton Smith <miltonsj@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I am trying to boot from the Grub that comes standard with an >>> Ubuntu installation. I am installing on bare metal. I did compile my root >>> filesystem into the kernel. I am using ext4. I did setup fstab with the >>> uuid of the CRUX partition. Sorry for the confusion. >>> >>> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r> >>> On Jan 27, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Steve Volumetric < >>> volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I have a few questions, but first, what is "ubuntu grub2"? Are >>>> you installing on a VM or bare metal? >>>> Did you compile your root file system into your kernel? What >>>> file system are you using on your root file system? Did you set up fstab? >>>> >>>> -vsteve >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 10:46 AM, Milton Smith < >>>> miltonsj@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Everytime I try to boot CRUX from Ubuntu's Grub2 it fails with a >>>>> kernel panic. >>>>> >>>>> It gives me the error message, " unable to mount root filesystem >>>>> on unknown block (0,0)". >>>>> >>>>> Can someone help me with this? Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r> >>>>> >>>>> ______________________________ _________________ >>>>> CRUX mailing list >>>>> CRUX@lists.crux.nu >>>>> https://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >> > > > -- > Milton Smith >
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