[Solved] Installing on a hd that already has windows 7 and sabayon

Question

currently it looks like this:
/dev/sda1 ntfs systerm reserved 100mb
/dev/sda2 ntfs 40gb (windows 7 installed)
/dev/sda3 ext4 / / 40gb (sabayon)
/dev/sda4 extended 218.93gb
/dev/sda5 linuxswap 2gb
/dev/sda6 ntfs storage 216.93gb
I tired to install archlinux with just a / partition and tried to reuse my swap....... failed miserably
after that I recreated my ntfs partition and tinkered with arch in virtual box till I got a little comfortable working with it.
Now I want to delete my sda6 partition and repartition for arch.
would I need to make like:
sda6: /boot (bootable)
then sda7 /root
and sda8 /home ????
Im not sure what I need to do...... because I should be able to use my grub I already have and just re autodetect........ should see arch after its installed I would think
in sabayon I would use:
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
grub2-install /dev/sda
would love to get it running on its own instead of having to use virtual box.
I tried to look around and didnt find much info on what I was looking for.
thanks.
Last edited by splippity (2010-05-28 01:39:03)

Answer 1

more info heres what my current grub looks like:
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by /sbin/grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_fonts ###
### END /etc/grub.d/00_fonts ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="${saved_entry}"
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
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 18225dbe-c9d5-48df-b53d-f263f4b78c5c
if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1024x768
# vga= is deprecated, grub2 handles this just fine
# making grub2 res == linux fb res
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gfxterm
insmod vbe
if terminal_output gfxterm ; then true ; else
# For backward compatibility with versions of terminal.mod that don't
# understand terminal_output
terminal gfxterm
fi
fi
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 18225dbe-c9d5-48df-b53d-f263f4b78c5c
set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale
set lang=en
insmod gettext
if sleep --interruptible 0 ; then
set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_distro_theme ###
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 18225dbe-c9d5-48df-b53d-f263f4b78c5c
insmod png
if background_image /usr/share/grub/default-splash.png ; then
set color_normal=white/black
set color_highlight=magenta/black
else
set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue
set menu_color_highlight=white/blue
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/05_distro_theme ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry "Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.33-sabayon" --class sabayon --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 18225dbe-c9d5-48df-b53d-f263f4b78c5c
echo Loading Linux x86-2.6.33-sabayon ...
linux /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.33-sabayon ro BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.33-sabayon ro BOOT_IMAGE=/boo$
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.33-sabayon
menuentry "Sabayon GNU/Linux, with Linux x86-2.6.33-sabayon (recovery mode)" --class sabayon --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class o$
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,3)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 18225dbe-c9d5-48df-b53d-f263f4b78c5c
echo Loading Linux x86-2.6.33-sabayon ...
linux /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.33-sabayon ro single BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.33-sabayon ro BOOT_IMA$
echo Loading initial ramdisk ...
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.33-sabayon
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry "Windows 7 (loader) (on /dev/sda1)" {
insmod ntfs
set root='(hd0,1)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set b256dd6956dd2ebb
chainloader +1
menuentry "Arch (on /dev/sda6)" {
insmod ext2
set root='(hd0,6)'
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set ccba04ad-f2d4-41f9-add6-2818579dfe55
linux /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6
### 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 ###
what would I need to modify it to, to make it work?
thanks.