Problem-GRUB and triple boot Slackware12+Fedora7+WinXP

Salgeras · 08-05-2007, 08:20 AM

Greetings to all!!
I can't set GRUB boot loader to support triple boot. For a long time I had Slackware+WinXP installed on my Asus A6S50K laptop. Few days ago,I joined in some project on my faculty,which demands work only with RedHat and Fedora. So,I've resized Slackware partitions to 20gb of free space.Started setup,and manually created Fedora partitions (option "Use free space.." returned some error).Now, my hard disc looks like this:

Code:

  LVM Volume Groups
   VolGroup00
       LogVol02   /home  ext3
       LogVol00    /        ext3
       LogVol01             swap
Hard Drives
  /dev/sda
      /dev/hda1                  ntfs
      /dev/hda2   Extended
        /dev/hda5                ntfs
      /dev/hda3    /boot       ext3
      /dev/hda4    VolGroup   LVM PV
      /dev/hda6                   ext3                   <-------- Slackware /
      /dev/hda7                   ext3                   <-------- Slackware /home

GRUB was installed in MBR,and I add new label: "Slackware /dev/hda6". The rest of the setup went fine..After restart,GRUB loaded,and I successfully boot Fedora.But,when I tried to boot Slackware,this error appeared:

Code:

Booting 'Slackware'
rootnoverify (hda0,5)
chainloader +1

Error 13: Invalid or unsupported executable format

Press any key to continue...

And return me to GRUB menu.Of course,WinXP works. This is my grub.conf:

Code:

# 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 (hd0,2)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
    initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
title Slackware
    rootnoverify (hd0,5)
    chainloader +1
title Windows
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

I've tried everything: to install Fedora first,then Slackware,and to manually add in LILO the Fedora partition.But,it didnt work..returned error:"cant find primary boot console"

Can someone help me to boot Slackware?Fedora has to stay due to projects,but I cant split away from Slackware

Thanks!!

Nylex · 08-05-2007, 08:40 AM

Try and specify the Slackware entry "explicitly" (by including lines for kernel and initrd if necessary). Here's what my GRUB entry for Slackware looks like as an example:

title Slackware 12.0
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.21.5-smp root=/dev/hdd1 vga=773
initrd /boot/initrd.gz
boot

Salgeras · 08-06-2007, 08:24 AM

It's working!!!

But, with little changes. Didnt work with full path name to kernel and initrd specified, so I deleted that, and this is how it works:

Code:

title Slackware
   root (hda,5)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda6 vga=773

Thanks for the help!!!