Install Fedora without /boot to have 4 primary partitions

[excalibur1491]

Well, I installed Fedora again, setting the grub in /dev/sda
I havent tried to enable the boot booster... but at least I believe that the recovery partition is still ok.

everything seems to work fine except that I have already destroyed fedora (yep... it freezed during a big package update, I rebooted and it didn't started again....). Also, it was in english (the installer didn't show me the language selection) and with an american keyboard (though i selected spanish during the installation...)

Nevertheless there is a problem with my grub.. it says error could not find '/dev/???????'. It's so fast I couldnt read it. The strange thing is that this error only appears since the second install...
I'll post another thread if I eventually get to read it.

I think I will have some questions soon.. I post them in other threads. Thank you!

EDIT: - Just a quick question. Grub lists the Windows recovery partition, and I rather it doesnt (is this proper english?). Can I just comment the lines involving this with '#' in the grub.cfg file without any risk?

Thank you!



---------- Post added at 01:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:04 PM ----------

Well, I installed Fedora again, setting the grub in /dev/sda
I havent tried to enable the boot booster... but at least I believe that the recovery partition is still ok.

everything seems to work fine except that I have already destroyed fedora (yep... it freezed during a big package update, I rebooted and it didn't started again....). Also, it was in english (the installer didn't show me the language selection) and with an american keyboard (though i selected spanish during the installation...)

Nevertheless there is a problem with my grub.. it says error could not find '/dev/???????'. It's so fast I couldnt read it. The strange thing is that this error only appears since the second install...
I'll post another thread if I eventually get to read it.

I think I will have some questions soon.. I post them in other threads. Thank you!

[sonoran]

Originally Posted by excalibur1491

EDIT: - Just a quick question. Grub lists the Windows recovery partition, and I rather it doesnt (is this proper english?). Can I just comment the lines involving this with '#' in the grub.cfg file without any risk?

It would probably work until the menu was regenerated, at which point you would have to do it again.

The "proper" way to accomplish that is to add the line

GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

to /etc/default/grub, then run

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

is this proper english?

"and I rather it doesn't"
better: "and I would rather it did not" or "I'd rather it didn't"

[excalibur1491]

Originally Posted by sonoran

It would probably work until the menu was regenerated, at which point you would have to do it again.

The "proper" way to accomplish that is to add the line

GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

to /etc/default/grub, then run

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

I didn't work. It's strange because I have seen other posts around this forum where they say the same...
in this case, can I directly comment it on the grub file? or is it dangerous? I mean.. the first line of the file is "do not edit this file"...
I would rather not to edit the file.. is there another way? I know ubuntu/debian have a software callet startupmanager .. is there something like that in fedora?

I not, I would edit the file like this:

#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub2-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos5'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 --hint='hd0,msdos5'  ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
  set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
  set lang=es_ES
  insmod gettext
fi
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Fedora' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84' {
	load_video
	set gfxpayload=keep
	insmod gzio
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ext2
	set root='hd0,msdos5'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 --hint='hd0,msdos5'  ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
	fi
	echo	'Loading Linux 3.6.10-2.fc17.i686 ...'
	linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.10-2.fc17.i686 root=UUID=ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0  KEYTABLE=es LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rhgb quiet 
	echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
	initrd	/boot/initramfs-3.6.10-2.fc17.i686.img
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84' {
	menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.6.10-2.fc17.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.6.10-2.fc17.i686-advanced-ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84' {
		load_video
		set gfxpayload=keep
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos5'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 --hint='hd0,msdos5'  ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 3.6.10-2.fc17.i686 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.6.10-2.fc17.i686 root=UUID=ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0  KEYTABLE=es LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rhgb quiet 
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initramfs-3.6.10-2.fc17.i686.img
	}
	menuentry 'Fedora, with Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686-advanced-ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84' {
		load_video
		set gfxpayload=keep
		insmod gzio
		insmod part_msdos
		insmod ext2
		set root='hd0,msdos5'
		if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos5 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos5 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos5 --hint='hd0,msdos5'  ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
		else
		  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84
		fi
		echo	'Loading Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686 ...'
		linux	/boot/vmlinuz-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686 root=UUID=ef6004c2-1500-4eba-b22b-7987c07e8e84 ro rd.md=0 rd.lvm=0 rd.dm=0 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 rd.luks=0  KEYTABLE=es LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rhgb quiet 
		echo	'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
		initrd	/boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686.img
	}
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_ppc_terminfo ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-ECE4C5FEE4C5CAD2' {
	insmod part_msdos
	insmod ntfs
	set root='hd0,msdos1'
	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 --hint='hd0,msdos1'  ECE4C5FEE4C5CAD2
	else
	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root ECE4C5FEE4C5CAD2
	fi
	chainloader +1
}
#######################################################33
#########################################################
#THIS IS WHAT I PLAN TO COMMENT
#########################################################
#menuentry 'Windows Recovery Environment (loader) (on /dev/sda2)' --class windows --class os #$menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-2C0C-A6B0' {
#	insmod part_msdos
#	insmod fat
#	set root='hd0,msdos2'
#	if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
#	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos2 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos2 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos2 --hint='hd0,msdos2'  2C0C-A6B0
#	else
#	  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 2C0C-A6B0
#	fi
#	drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
#	chainloader +1
}
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

is it okey?

Thank you!

"and I rather it doesn't"
better: "and I would rather it did not" or "I'd rather it didn't"

thank you again

[sonoran]

Yes, you can edit the grub.cfg file and ignore the warning. I don't think there is any danger
in doing so.

The issue is this: when a new kernel is added the grub menu must be changed. Most distros
use grub-mkconfig to regenerate the menu from /etc/default/grub. When that happens your
edits would be lost.

Fedora uses its own script named grubby instead of grub-mkconfig to update grub.cfg. Grubby
supposedly respects your existing grub.cfg. So any changes you make will probably survive as
long as you do not run Fedora's grub2-mkconfig.

Je t'en pris. I would reply en français but then we would hear your entire country
laughing (I get laughed at enough as it is).

[excalibur1491]

Originally Posted by sonoran

Yes, you can edit the grub.cfg file and ignore the warning. I don't think there is any danger
in doing so.

The issue is this: when a new kernel is added the grub menu must be changed. Most distros
use grub-mkconfig to regenerate the menu from /etc/default/grub. When that happens your
edits would be lost.

Fedora uses its own script named grubby instead of grub-mkconfig to update grub.cfg. Grubby
supposedly respects your existing grub.cfg. So any changes you make will probably survive as
long as you do not run Fedora's grub2-mkconfig.

Je t'en pris. I would reply en français but then we would hear your entire country
laughing (I get laughed at enough as it is).

Thanks for the information. Editing grub.cfg worked great
I think I can mark this thread as solved. Thank you all for your time