No bootloader
 

I didnt install any bootloader for my Fedora Core installation because I wanted to use a third party bootloader on a floppy. I went into the rescue section of the install disk, and installed grub with the command "grub install /dev/hdb3", but then when I use a floppy to boot into Grub, it just says Grub, and sends me to a cli. I say "boot /dev/hdb3" and it says must load kernel first. So how do I get Fedora Core to load?

If you want help with an unknown floppy-based boot director, then you need to describe it in detail.

If you have given up on the floppy boot director and just want to use grub instead, then boot into rescue mode, mount the FC installation and run:

grub-install (hd0)

or, even better, do a native grub installation as is described in the Grub Manual ( http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/man...l#Installation ).

Where is grub.conf ?
If you have an /xxx/grub/grub.conf

Whilst in rescue

boot: linux rescue
chroot /mnt/sysimage
grub

<<Then run the commands given in grub.conf
load kernel
then initrd>>

for example:
grub
root (hd0,6)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.xxxxx ro root=/dev/xxxxxx rh quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.xxxxxx.img
root noverify (hd0,6)
chainloader +1

Commands are relative to the location of /grub.
Hope this helps.

BTW: You can edit grub.conf and changes are saved.
Need I say back up ;)


One more tidbit: I didn't know grub starts counting with 0.
hda7 = (hd0,6)

I'm gonna remember that!