FC5 install: grub can't mount partition

[Anil Kumar Sharma]

On 3/21/06, Colin Brace <cb at lim.nl> wrote:

[snip]

>
> #boot=/dev/sda
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd2,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
>         root (hd2,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/12 rhgb quiet
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
>
> > How are the disk(s) partitioned?
>
> /dev/sda1              /boot
> /dev/sda2              swap
> /dev/sda3              /
> /dev/sda6              /var
> /dev/sda5              /tmp
> /dev/sda7              /home
>
> I also have sdb, sdc, and sdd, which I mount for storage under my home
> directory. For some reason, it seems like some letter-switching is
> going on. IIRC, this drive was sdc in my FC4 setup; don't if this has
> any bearing on the problem...
>
> Thanks for any ideas you might have...
>
> --
>   Colin Brace
>   Amsterdam
>


First backup ur grub.conf to grub.conf.bak
Then edit grub.conf to replace hd2 with hd0    (2 replacements expected)
save and reboot.
That is if ur /boot is placed on /dev/sda1
HTH

--
Anil Kumar Shrama
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20060321/c54c7595/attachment-0001.htm>