All,

I have added Fedora Core 2 onto a third HD, and elected *not* to install GRUB. How can I edit my menu.lst file to access Fedora?

Here is the output of my menu.lst file:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Mon Oct 11 09:50:20 2004

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd1,1)/boot/message

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title Linux
kernel (hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 vga=0x31a splash=silent . desktop resume=/dev/sdb1 showopts
initrd (hd1,1)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe
kernel (hd1,1)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdb2 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3
initrd (hd1,1)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: Memory Test###
title Memory Test
kernel (hd1,1)/boot/memtest.bin

Here is the output of df - T BEFORE installation:

Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb2 reiserfs 35108940 5922248 29186692 17% /
tmpfs tmpfs 777840 28 777812 1% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1 ntfs 39078080 67888 39010192 1% /windows/C
/dev/sda2 ntfs 117089752 45410460 71679292 39% /windows/D
/dev/sda3 vfat 48082 648 47434 2% /windows/E

Here is the output of df - T AFTER installation:

Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb2 reiserfs 35108940 5929848 29179092 17% /
tmpfs tmpfs 777840 28 777812 1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda2 ntfs 117089752 45399144 71690608 39% /windows/D
/dev/sda3 vfat 48082 650 47432 2% /windows/E

I believe Fedora Core 2 is installed on hda1, even though it's not showing any more.

Thanks in advance.

Herk

hmmm, how are you going to get to your menu file if you can't boot it?

1) first thoughts are looking at your disk free info is that the only linux (reiserfs) is on sdb2 and no mention of any linux on hda partiitions.

2) hda1 missing in df may because it is no longer in your linux /etc/fstab?

3) but how to be sure? if you can get to grub the MENU not the menu file, you can try my trouble shooter to test each hd number and see what file system is reported
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=237511

eg you are at grub menu now press C for commands
a) type root (hd and press tab to see whats available
b) type root (hd0, (comma) and then press tab to see what partitions are available
c) change hd0 to 1 then 2

4) Do you have a boot disk? if so try that it may be quicker to get into FC?

5) Assuming FC truly exists you can amend your menu list file or /etc/grub.conf to resemble your new partitiions.

Hopefully