Partitioning FC11 ??

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jul 19 15:34:05 UTC 2009


On 07/18/2009 11:12 PM, Albert Graham wrote:
> On 07/18/2009 02:15 AM, Jim wrote:
>> My partition layout is
>>
>> sda1  ext3   /boot
>> sda2  ext4   /home
>> sda3  ext4   /
>> sda4  Extended
>> sda 5   Swap
>>
>> I want sda1 /boot to be my boot, why is it default selecting sda3 /  
>> , in "Boot Loader Operating system list" ??
>>
>
> Use fdisk to partition your disk how you want it (i.e. boot into 
> rescue mode first), then install FC11, it will not be able to swap 
> things around :)
>
> There should be a be an option in Anaconda that says something like 
> "Let fedora organize the disk layout" or "Let user organize the disk 
> layout" (God forbid!)
>
> I cannot understand why you even have the option to create custom disk 
> layout if it's simply going to try an out smart you when you're done.
>
> Albert.
>

Below is my /Grub/menulist file, Now that I have finnished installing.
My partition layout;

sda1  ext3   /boot
sda2  ext4   /home
sda3  ext4   /
sda4  Extended
sda 5   Swap

How can I edit to boot off of sda1 /boot ,  instead of sda3 / .


# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=0
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
     root (hd0,0)
     kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro 
root=UUID=992d6a7c-2f9a-4e6d-827a-79a37504bfbe rhgb quiet
     initrd /initrd-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586)
     root (hd0,0)
     kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro 
root=UUID=992d6a7c-2f9a-4e6d-827a-79a37504bfbe rhgb quiet
     initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img




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