Sounds like the PAE kernel "Physical Address Extensions" did you say you wanted to address more that 4Gbytes of memory? <div>On 10/25/06, Bob Goodwin <<a href="mailto:bobgoodwin@wildblue.net">bobgoodwin@wildblue.net</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Bob Goodwin wrote: > Alastair Neil wrote: >> >> >> On 10/25/06, *Bob Goodwin* <<a href="mailto:bobgoodwin@wildblue.net">bobgoodwin@wildblue.net</a> >> <mailto:<a href="mailto:bobgoodwin@wildblue.net"> bobgoodwin@wildblue.net</a>>> wrote: >> >> >> *I just tried an upgrade rather than a >> complete >> reformat and install for the first time with >> Fedora anything. >> >> When it booted for the first time it stopped >> with "grub" printed to the screen and >> apparently >> sits there in its editor function waiting >> for >> some command. I don't know what it wants or >> what to do next. >> >> FC6 is installed on an 80g sata drive >> replacing >> a working FC5 install. >> >> The "rescue disc" is not much help, probably >> because I don't know the right command? >> >> Any suggestions appreciated. >> >> Bob Goodwin* >> >> >> sounds similar to problem I experienced. I booted into rescue mode >> then issued a chroot /mnt/sysimage. >> cd /boot/grub and check the device.map file. Assuming your system >> disk is /dev/sda it should have: >> >> (hd0) /dev/sda >> >> if it doesn't, modify it so it does and run: >> >> grub-install /dev/sda >> >> Also check the /boot/grub.conf file and see if the various files are >> being referenced to the correct device partition, it should be >> (hd0,0) if your system drive is the first device. >> >> Hope this helps, Alastair > > Yes it helps, now if I can fix the problem. > > device.map appears corrupted: > > (fd0) /dev/fd0 > (hd0) /dev/st > d > (hd1) /dev/sdb > > My big problem is "vi" > > I have never learned the commands and it's a science project every > time I am forced to use it! > I normally use a simple text editor called e3em which uses emacs > commands. I'll muddle through. > > Thanks. > > Bob Goodwin > Ok, I managed to repair GRUB but now when it boots I have two options, the one it wants to boot [highlighted], the second line, is shown as fc6PAE? More cryptic stuff. perhaps someone can tell me what that's about? Bob Goodwin -- fedora-list mailing list <a href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com"> fedora-list@redhat.com</a> To unsubscribe: <a href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list</a> </blockquote></div>