[Fedora-livecd-list] Cannot select PAE kernel at boot

Taylor, Monroe E monroe.e.taylor at intel.com
Thu Dec 17 18:32:44 UTC 2009


I have created a live image using livecd-creator. The image includes a hardware diagnostic utility in it. Basically I install the image on a USB device and boot the system using the USB device and run the diagnostic utility to capture data then shutdown the system. 

Now I want to use this to run the diagnostic on servers with > 4GB of memory. I used yum command to install the kernel-PAE.i686 to be able to see > 4GB memory. The install was successful. However, when I rebooted, I was not given the option to select the PAE kernel (which is probably because it is a livecd image?).
 
I booted as normal and checked the /boot directory and it contains the following files

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   90947 2009-06-18 12:57 config-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   91113 2009-06-18 12:45 config-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686.PAE
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    4096 2009-12-16 19:11 efi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  118396 2009-04-24 15:29 elf-memtest86+-2.11
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2008-04-07 13:32 grub
-rw------- 1 root root 2553813 2009-12-17 10:27 initrd-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686.PAE.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  116720 2009-04-24 15:29 memtest86+-2.11
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  976362 2009-06-18 12:57 System.map-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  993147 2009-06-18 12:45 System.map-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686.PAE
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2227280 2009-06-18 12:57 vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2269712 2009-06-18 12:45 vmlinuz-2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686.PAE

Please note that there was no grub.conf file. 

Can anyone tell me what I must do in order to boot the PAE kernel from the live USB? This is a critical issue for me so any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.




 




More information about the Fedora-livecd-list mailing list