Grub Configuration Help
Timothy Murphy
tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie
Tue Nov 16 01:52:20 UTC 2004
Chris LaForce wrote:
> I've just downloaded Fedora Core 3 and installed it on a sencond hard
> drive(/dev/hdf). My first hard drive(/dev/hde) has Fedora Core 2 on
> it. Here is the grub.conf file:
> title Fedora Core 2 (2.6.8-1.521)
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.8-1.521 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
> initrd /initrd-2.6.8-1.521.img
>
> What do I need to add to it to be able to also boot to the FC3
> OS? Here's what I tried last time:
>
> title Fedora Core 3 (2.6.9-1.667)
> root (hd1,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/hdf2
> initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
Seems reasonable, assuming you have a separate /boot partition
on the second disk, on /dev/hdf1 .
If you just added the second disk, it might be worth re-installing grub
with "grub-install --recheck /dev/hde".
Personally, I would replace the LABEL=/ with the actual device,
in case there is some confusion.
You don't say what happens when you use your grub.conf .
If there is a problem I'd try running grub interactively
(as described at the bottom of the screen when grub starts).
It's a little tricky, but basically you have to give the commands
in the grub.conf file.
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