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title FC
root (hd1,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz ......then the rest of the stuff (see my tut.....if /boot is a separate partition you remove /boot from the stanza but a lot of newies have /boot as a sub-folder to /......)
initrd /boot/initrd.img (Or /initrd.img)
extra comments....each line starts with a command
title
root
kernel
initrd
if any future probs post each line pls
(2) your distro may of course not have symbolic links to vmlinuz or initrd.img so you may have to replace them with the full title but if you glance at my trouble-shooter you can do the kernel (and press tab) etc for each line...except title which is not to be used in the command line....to see whats wat.
3) hdd means FC must be on slave jumper controller 2 if that is wrong pls tell us what is wat.
I tried several different menu.lst configurations. The best I could do resulted in a kernel panic.
Under the current menu.lst, a second boot splash screen opens but Fedora will not boot.
menu.lst current
color cyan/blue white/blue
foreground ffffff
background 0639a1
gfxmenu /boot/grub/message
title 1. MEPIS at hda3, kernel 2.6.15-1-586tsc
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1-586tsc root=/dev/hda3 nomce quiet vga=791
I removed mepis off of the primary drive and replaced it with Fedora. I then installed mepis on the secondary slave drive and edited Grub using mepis' bootloader to include Fedora, and voila, it worked!
This was the impatient, time consuming way but the end result was worth it. I'm able to use Fedora 5 with Gnome desktop and Mepis with a KDE desktop while keeping Windows XP for familial harmony.
Fedora recognized my HP vs15x monitor and video card out of the box. I'm going to use the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and replace the one in Mepis, which hangs up periodically.
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