GRUB and the last FC4 kernel

[Hoffmann]

--- Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-07-04 at 13:15 -0700, Hoffmann wrote:
> > Please, see below my grub.conf. 
> > My idea is to unistall the old FC4 kernel
> > (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4), and keep the new FC4 kernel
> and
> > Windows. Could you, let me know what do you think?
> > Thanks!
> > Hoffmann
> > ps: my grub.conf file:
> > # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> > #
> > # 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 (hd0,2)
> > #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro
> > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
> > #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> > #boot=/dev/hda
> > default=2
> > timeout=10
> > splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> > hiddenmenu
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1387_FC4)
> > 	root (hd0,2)
> > 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4 ro
> > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> > 	initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1387_FC4.img
> > title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
> > 	root (hd0,2)
> > 	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 ro
> > root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
> > 	initrd /initrd-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4.img
> > title Windows
> > 	rootnoverify (hd0,1)
> > 	chainloader +1
> > title Other
> > 	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> > 	chainloader +1
> 
> "rpm -e kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4" should be fine.
> 
> What happened when you commented out this entry
> before was that you
> changed the default entry (corresponding to title
> number 2, starting at
> zero) from "Windows" to "Other".
> 
> Paul.
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Hi Paul,

Many thanks. I uninstalled the precious FC4 kernel
sucessfuly, and now I have just the new FC4 kernel and
my windows partiction. All is fine. 
However, I didn't understood the logic of the
'changing number' you mentioned above.
Could you, please, explain me again?
Thanks! 
Hoffmann 





		
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