Trying to install F9 alpha failed

Rodney Morris rodamorris at gmail.com
Wed Feb 27 22:31:39 UTC 2008


On 2/27/08, Rodney Morris <rodamorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/27/08, Mike <mike.cloaked at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > Mike <mike.cloaked <at> gmail.com> writes:
>  >
>  >  > I have a /boot directory and it contains a vmlinuz file and an initrd file, but
>  >  > when configuring the grub.conf on the F8 partition to look at the new boot area
>  >  > it does not boot
>  >
>  >
>  > In my f8 grub.conf I have the following lines (only relevant ones listed):
>  >
>  >  title Fedora (2.6.23.15-137.fc8)
>  >         root (hd0,4)
>  >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>  >         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.15-137.fc8.img
>  >  title F9 Rawhide
>  >         root (hd0,7)
>  >         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-0.69.rc3.git1.fc9 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
>  >         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25-0.69.rc3.git1.fc9.img
>
>
> Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but the Rawhide stanzas in your
>  grub.conf will not work with your current setup.  Grub is looking for
>  your Rawhide kernel in the boot directory where your grub.conf is
>  located.  (By the information you provided, I'm guessing that is your
>  Fedora 8 /boot directory.)
>
>  I can think of two possible solutions:  (1) if your Fedora 8 /boot is
>  on a separate partition from Fedora 8's root directory, copy all of
>  the files from your Rawhide /boot to your Fedora 8 /boot and add a
>  line to your Rawhide fstab to mount the Fedora 8 /boot as Rawhide's
>  /boot; or (2) install grub your Rawhide partition and replace your
>  current Rawhide lines in grub.conf with the following:
>
>  root(0,7)

Oops.  I just noticed an error in my last e-mail.  The above line
should have been root(hd0,7).  Sorry for any confusion.

>  chainloader +1
>
>  Of the two solutions, I've used the first many times without any
>  problems; however, it does produce a somewhat cluttered /boot
>  directory.
>
>  Best of luck,
>
>  Rod
>




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