<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-9" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Hi! i have not got a /boot partition because i always write the bootloader in the MBR and could success to manage the problems until this time.i have 4 primary partitions,so adding a /boot partition means some work on partitioning for now.as i am an end user and not experienced,i don't know which size should it be for the future (for ex,which size should it be if i only use fedora,and which size if i add more linux distrubitions on the same machine,the optimum size)but if someone can advice the size,i would be happy to have one :) i have : <ol> <li>C: 2gbs fat32 pri </li> <li>/ 7.2 gbs ext3 pri hda2 </li> <li>/home 1.3 gbs ext3 pri hda4 </li> <li>extended pri </li> <li>swap 502 mbs</li> <li>D: 14 gbs ntfs</li> <li>E: 30 gbs fat32 </li> <li>F: 60 gbs fat32</li> </ol> no,i have only one processor, but it has hyper threading capabilities.so the smp kernel installs yes,i set a grub password,and i am also suspicious that could be the problem.but i don't know how to solve. and i have SATA harddisk,but the partitions are represented as hda not sda.maybe this also can be problem.but i don't know well,as i said i am en end user,i don't know much console commands.i've pasted the grub.conf file with a win program total commander.(you can reach linux partitions with a plugin).i can't search where are the kernel and initrd files actually located,thanks Erik Hemdal yazmış: <blockquote cite="mid1100484388.3049.19.camel@localhost.localdomain" type="cite"> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">------------------------------ Message: 15 Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:14:22 +0200 From: Mustafa Orkun <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:moblinux@myrealbox.com"><moblinux@myrealbox.com></a> Subject: FC3 boot problem To: For users of Fedora Core releases <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"><fedora-list@redhat.com></a> Message-ID: <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:4197A07E.6050906@myrealbox.com"><4197A07E.6050906@myrealbox.com></a> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-9; format=flowed Well people.can't anyone really help me? i have posted the problem several times.but no one has replied. my problem is after installing FC3 (and could achieve the mediacheck with the "linux ide=nodma" command) GRUB failed to boot.and after i rewrote the mbr with WinXp cd.and can now use Xp. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap="">Hi Mustafa: After rewriting the MBR, you are now using the Windows XP bootloader, which will not recognize FC, so this has effectively returned you to a Windows-only box. To try to replace GRUB, use grub-install to restore GRUB as your bootloader. Read its man page carefully to understand what you need to do. I have not yet upgraded to FC3 because of lack of time, but this should still be present in FC3. But your grub.conf says that you do not have a /boot partition. And it looks as though you have multiprocessor and uniprocessor kernels loaded. When I install Fedora, I always get a /boot partition and I leave it alone. If it was somehow removed when the disk was partitioned, or was removed after installation, things might be awry. The grub.conf that you posted leaves me wondering a few things: What partitions do you have on the system? Is it truly a multiprocessor system? Where are the kernel and initrd files actually located? Use the find command to make sure. Did you set a GRUB password? (I usually don't) This might be interfering with your ability to make changes. Sorry if I am coming in the middle, but answers to these questions might help get you some more help. Erik </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">my grub.conf file is like that: # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,1) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda2 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=2 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu password --md5 $1$2fihTOO8$DrnR5QsZZFoyxr.ml6WN10 title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667smp) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667smp ro root=LABEL=/ ide=nodma rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667smp.img title Fedora Core-up (2.6.9-1.667) root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/ ide=nodma rhgb quiet initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 what can be done to boot them together.i could not open FC3 yet. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>