grub.conf emptied, and now i get kernel panic?

[Kahn Seidl]

OMG!  Ok, that fixed it

It was the root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00

part that was throwing me off, thanks a lot for everybodies help.

OMG, i missed my fc3 so much.  its amazing, after using windows it feels as 
if a part of my soul has rotted away.

Thanks guys!  Your the bestest.


>From: Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>
>Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: grub.conf emptied, and now i get kernel panic?
>Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 22:07:39 +0930
>
>Dunno who:
>
> >>> /dev/hda1               1        1912    15358108+   7  HPFS/NTFS
> >>> /dev/hda2            1913        1925      104422+  83  Linux
> >>> /dev/hda3   *        1926        3850    15462562+  83  Linux
> >>> /dev/hda4            3851        7296    27679995    5  Extended
> >>> /dev/hda5            3851        7296    27679963+  8e  Linux LVM
>
>Kahn Seidl:
>
> > Ok, hda1 is for win xp
> > hda2 is boot
> > hda3 is what fc4 was installed on
> > hda4/5 is the lvm which fc3 is installed on.
> >
> > i still have access to the lvm through fc4.  when I tried pointing grub 
>to
> > hda5 it said cant mount partition.
>
>Which may mean you're doing it wrong, or there's a problem with the
>partition.
>
> > I installed fc4 because fc3 wasnt working,   I want to get fc3 back and
> > uninstall fc4.
>
>So, you've got to fix up FC3, as well as manage to get it to boot.  You
>may well have set your boot partition up so it only suits booting FC4.
>If you can list the files in it, someone could say.
>
> > Here is my grub.conf
> >
> > default=0
> > timeout=5
> > splashimage=(hd0,2)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
> >         root (hd0,2)
> >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb 
>quiet
> >         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
> > title fc3
> >         root (hd0,1)
> >         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> >         initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> > title Other
> >         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> >         chainloader +1
> >
> > I have tried several different variations on that, but always get the 
>kernel
> > panic.
>
>I strongly suggest you stop trying to use labels on a multiboot system.
>You've probably got two different partitions both labelled as "/".
>Instead, directly refer to the partition by device or volume group.
>Since it's the only LVM on the drive, it probably started counting from
>zero.  Also remove the RHGB and quiet options so you can watch what's
>going on.  Try something like the following.
>
>title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
>   root (hd0,2)
>   kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro root=/dev/hda3
>   initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
>
>title fc3
>   root (hd0,1)
>   kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
>   initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
>
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