Multibooting

[Robert P. J. Day]

On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Paul Howarth wrote:

> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> #          root (hd0,0)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=0
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.3_FC2)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.3_FC2 ro root=LABEL=/
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.3_FC2.img
> title Fedora Core (2.6.8-1.521)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.521 ro root=LABEL=/
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.8-1.521.img
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/1
>         initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
>
> So, when a new kernel is to be added, how does grubby know whether to add an
> entry with "root=LABEL=/" or "root=LABEL=/1"?

this is getting dangerously close to being more relevant on the
anaconda development list, no?

rday