On 2006/11/17 03:40 (GMT-0800) Martin Mielke apparently typed:
So... what way would you advice me to achieve this task without shooting myself in the foot? :-)
Seems like you're trying to make the conversion more difficult than it needs to be. Option 4: a-grub-install /dev/hda b-cfdisk to change the type(s) on the solaris partition(s) c-mkfs the solaris partition(s) to ext3 or whatever you prefer
Well, according to fdisk, my partitions look like this:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 15682 125955648 bf Solaris /dev/sda2 15683 16205 4200997+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda3 * 16206 30515 114945075 83 Linux
This is not 100% true, from what I said before, as Solaris's GRUB is the first one to show up...
That's because grub was first installed to /dev/sda -> sda1 while there was no Suse. The MBR grub code points to sda1, where you get the Solaris grub menu.
Anyway, taking your advice, would it look this this for my case?
1. grub-install /dev/sda1
No. Instead: grub-install /dev/sda
2. cfdisk /dev/sda1
I rarely use cfdisk, but I don't believe that syntax is valid. Instead: cfdisk /dev/sda, then use the menu to change the type on sda1 to 83 (or <whatever>).
3. mkfs.whatever /dev/sda1
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