Installing grub for a different computer

[Colin Paul Adams]

>>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Freeman <kfreem02 at comcast.net> writes:

    Kevin> On Wed, 2004-11-17 at 07:15 +0000, Colin Paul Adams wrote:
    >> assumptions, assumptions....  NOW Murphy is kicking good and
    >> proper. Here are the last few messages from the console:
    >> 
    >> Mounting root filesystem.  EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock
    >> mount: error 22 mounting ext3 pivotroot:
    >> pivot_root(/sysroot,/sysroot/initrd) failed: 2 umount
    >> /initrd/proc failed: 2 Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed
    >> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to
    >> kernel.
    >> 

    Kevin> Looking at the bright side, at least the kernel was loaded
    Kevin> from the /boot partition. ;)

:-)
    Kevin> I can think of 3 likely causes:

    Kevin> 1) root parameter on kernel line is pointing to the wrong partition.

No.

    Kevin> 2) initrd points to a different version than the kernel
    Kevin> version

    Kevin> 3) your / partition is at least partially
    Kevin> corrupt

Well, that seems likely.

    Kevin> Try modifying the root= parameter of grub's kernel config.
    Kevin> If you did a stock FC1 install, try root=LABEL=/.
    Kevin> Otherwise, just try root=/dev/hda1 through root=/dev/hda5.
    Kevin> One of them has to work!

Why? If the / partition is partly corrupted, why should it work at
all?

    Kevin> If this still does not work, you might try Toms root/boot:
    Kevin> http://www.toms.net/rb/

    Kevin> This floppy contains fdisk, vi, etc. and will allow you to
    Kevin> explore the drive to locate the / partition and edit
    Kevin> /boot/grub/grub.conf.  While there, also verify that
    Kevin> /boot/grub/menu.lst links to /boot/grub/grub.conf.

I think I#ll try that then. Thanks.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire