GRUB, Fedora, and First Boot...

halfbrazilian · 09-16-2007, 09:20 PM

I decided that I wanted to do a dual boot with Ubuntu and Fedora 7. I have installed Ubuntu and am currently using it. With Fedora, I have installed the files to my hard drive but have not been able to do the first boot from the hard drive that is normally used to finish the install. I am using the Ubuntu installed GRUB and chose to not install the Fedora GRUB. I think I am have my GRUB entry wrong but I am not sure. What I have now causes a kernel panic.

Here is my partition table:

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Disk /dev/hda: 320GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number Start End Size Type File system
1 32.3kB 526MB 526MB primary ext3 (Shared /boot)
2 526MB 86.6GB 86.0GB extended
5 526MB 42.5GB 41.9GB logical ext3 (Ubuntu /)
6 42.5GB 43.5GB 1077MB logical linux-swap (Ubuntu swap)
7 43.5GB 85.5GB 41.9GB logical ext3 (Fedora /)
8 85.5GB 86.6GB 1077MB logical linux-swap (Fedora swap)
3 86.6GB 320GB 234GB primary ext3 (Not Currently Used)

Here is my GRUB menu.lst:

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title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=2db604e4-252c-425c-8543-8583bbdc76f9 ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic root=UUID=2db604e4-252c-425c-8543-8583bbdc76f9 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=2db604e4-252c-425c-8543-8583bbdc76f9 ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
quiet
savedefault

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.20-15-generic (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic root=UUID=2db604e4-252c-425c-8543-8583bbdc76f9 ro single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd0,0)
kernel /memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

title Fedora 7, kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 root=UUID=8d0271b0-89d4-4c75-b90a-227e69ec16ef ro quiet splash
initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
quiet
savedefault

title Fedora 7, kernel 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 (recovery mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 root=UUID=8d0271b0-89d4-4c75-b90a-227e69ec16ef ro single

Here is what is in /boot:

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abi-2.6.20-15-generic
grub
lost+found
vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-generic
abi-2.6.20-16-generic
initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
memtest86+.bin
vmlinuz-2.6.20-16-generic
config-2.6.20-15-generic
initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic
System.map-2.6.20-15-generic
vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
config-2.6.20-16-generic
initrd.img-2.6.20-15-generic.bak
System.map-2.6.20-16-generic
config-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7
initrd.img-2.6.20-16-generic
System.map-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7

Here is what is in /boot/grub:

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default
e2fs_stage1_5
installed-version
menu.lst
minix_stage1_5
splash.xpm.gz
stage2
device.map
fat_stage1_5
jfs_stage1_5
menu.lst~
reiserfs_stage1_5
stage1
xfs_stage1_5

Please help me.

syg00 · 09-17-2007, 12:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by halfbrazilian

I What I have now causes a kernel panic.

details ???

james.farrow · 09-19-2007, 06:05 AM

in grub you will need to change the kernel line to include
root=/dev/hda7