VMware server cannot run on FC6

Paul Smith phhs80 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 26 14:45:29 UTC 2006


On 10/26/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/26/06, Paul Smith <phhs80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > $ pwd
> > > > /mnt/fc6/boot
> > > > $ dir grub*
> > > > dir: grub*: No such file or directory
> > > > $ cd grub
> > > > bash: cd: grub: No such file or directory
> > >
> > > What does
> > >
> > > mount
> > >
> > > and
> > >
> > > ll /mnt/fc6/boot
> > > ll /mnt/fc6/boot/grub
> > >
> > > say then?  Are we sure that what is mounted there is the partition that
> > > would be used as /boot when coming up in FC6?
> >
> > OK, I undertand it now: the command
> >
> > mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/fc5/boot
> >
> > mounts a MS Windows partition that I have also on hda. So, how can I
> > mount the boot directory of the Linux partition living on hda?
>
> This may help:
>
> # df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hde1             77808904  59674616  14118040  81% /
> /dev/shm                517860         0    517860   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/hdb6             71630968  56284304  15346664  79% /mandriva
> /dev/hda1             25587024  13083520  12503504  52% /mnt/windows
> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00
>                       87574760  59875360  23179056  73% /mnt/fc5
> #

The problem is now isolated: the kernel was not installed by 'rpm -i
kernel*'. Now, how can I install it from outside? Through the rescue
mode?

Paul




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