GRUB

[Karl Larsen]

Tim wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:02 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> In the F8 info grub it states you can boot a linux computer with this:
>>
>> grub> root (hd0,4)
>> grub> kernel /vmlinuz
>> grub> boot
>>     
>
> That used to work, and may still work with some distros.  Because
> inside /boot there's a symlink from "vmlinuz" *to* the latest current
> vmlinuz file.
>
>   
>> But this does not work on F8.
>>     
>
> I don't do Fedora 8 yet, but 7 doesn't have that symlink, and I don't
> remember seeing it for a very long time, perhaps as far back as Red Hat
> Linux 7.
>
>   
>>  I used full kernel address and root= things and Grub found the right
>> kernel.
>>     
>
> Of course that's going to work, if done right.  But I suspect that you
> haven't included the initrd line, and that your system needs something
> from the initrd file to be able to work.
>
>   
>> Then I applied the boot and grub dropped out and there was no boot and
>> no information on why.
>>     
>
> What do you mean by "applied the boot"?
>
>   
    I typed boot enter in the grub window.


Karl


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