Trying to install F9 alpha failed
Rodney Morris
rodamorris at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 22:31:39 UTC 2008
On 2/27/08, Rodney Morris <rodamorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/27/08, Mike <mike.cloaked at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Mike <mike.cloaked <at> gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > I have a /boot directory and it contains a vmlinuz file and an initrd file, but
> > > when configuring the grub.conf on the F8 partition to look at the new boot area
> > > it does not boot
> >
> >
> > In my f8 grub.conf I have the following lines (only relevant ones listed):
> >
> > title Fedora (2.6.23.15-137.fc8)
> > root (hd0,4)
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.15-137.fc8.img
> > title F9 Rawhide
> > root (hd0,7)
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-0.69.rc3.git1.fc9 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
> > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25-0.69.rc3.git1.fc9.img
>
>
> Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the Rawhide stanzas in your
> grub.conf will not work with your current setup. Grub is looking for
> your Rawhide kernel in the boot directory where your grub.conf is
> located. (By the information you provided, I'm guessing that is your
> Fedora 8 /boot directory.)
>
> I can think of two possible solutions: (1) if your Fedora 8 /boot is
> on a separate partition from Fedora 8's root directory, copy all of
> the files from your Rawhide /boot to your Fedora 8 /boot and add a
> line to your Rawhide fstab to mount the Fedora 8 /boot as Rawhide's
> /boot; or (2) install grub your Rawhide partition and replace your
> current Rawhide lines in grub.conf with the following:
>
> root(0,7)
Oops. I just noticed an error in my last e-mail. The above line
should have been root(hd0,7). Sorry for any confusion.
> chainloader +1
>
> Of the two solutions, I've used the first many times without any
> problems; however, it does produce a somewhat cluttered /boot
> directory.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Rod
>
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