Boot problem

[Karl Larsen]

Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 06:09 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> I moved my /boot from the main directory tree to a new partition. 
>> All of F7 was in the /dev/sda5 partition. I moved /boot to /dev/sda6 and 
>> with lots of rebooting got it to work. Here is my grub.conf file.
>>
>> # grub.conf
>> #
>> #boot=/dev/sda
>> default=0
>> timeout=10
>> splashimage=(hd0,5)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> hiddenmenu
>> title Fedora (2.6.22.7-85.fc7)
>>         root (hd0,5)
>>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.7-85.fc7 ro root=/dev/sda5  quiet
>>         initrd /initrd-2.6.22.7-85.fc7.img
>> title Fedora (2.6.22.5-76.fc7)
>>         root (hd0,5)
>>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.5-76.fc7 ro root=/dev/sda5  quiet
>>         initrd /initrd-2.6.22.5-76.fc7.img
>>
>>
>> Now the problem is, on the next kernel update it didn't work right. 
>> Instead of putting the new kernel in /dev/sda6 it made a new /boot 
>> directory in /dev/sda5. Here is what is in this directory:
>>
>> [root at k5di boot]# ls
>> config-2.6.22.9-91.fc7      System.map-2.6.22.9-91.fc7
>> initrd-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.img  vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7
>> [root at k5di boot]#
>>
>> I expect I can just copy these to /dev/sda6 but why did the kernel 
>> update do this?
>>     
>
> I would have to read my grub manual but I suspect (someone will no doubt
> correct me) that the problem is with the threee things:
> root (hd0,5)  kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.7-85.fc7 and root=/dev/sda5 
> being inconsistant.
> For example should it be /boot/kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.7-85.fc7
> What about root (h0,4) instead of root (hd0,5) etc.
>
> It is too early for me to think clearly but those are just some places
> to look.
>
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>   
    I think the root=/dev/sda5 is the problem. It should be /dev/sda6. I 
will see if that boots :-)



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	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
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