FC3 boot problem

[Mustafa Orkun]

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 :

   1. C: 2gbs fat32 pri
   2. / 7.2 gbs ext3 pri hda2
   3. /home 1.3 gbs ext3 pri hda4
   4. extended pri
   5. swap 502 mbs
   6. D: 14 gbs ntfs
   7. E: 30 gbs fat32
   8. F: 60 gbs fat32

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:

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>>Message: 15
>>Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:14:22 +0200
>>From: Mustafa Orkun <moblinux at myrealbox.com>
>>Subject: FC3 boot problem
>>To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>>Message-ID: <4197A07E.6050906 at myrealbox.com>
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>>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.
>>
>>    
>>
>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
>
>
>  
>
>>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.
>>    
>>
>
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