Grub parameters....???
Hello, I m using Fedora Linux but I am not satisfied with Fedora. I heard much more about Slackware Linux, so I installed Slackware too. At /dev/hda8 I have Fedora linux and at /dev/hda10 have I installed Slackware linux...
And /dev/hda7 is Swap and /dev/hda9 is boot. # fdisk -l Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 2550 20482843+ c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda2 2551 9964 59552955 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda5 2551 5738 25607578+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda6 5739 8543 22531131 b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda7 8544 8608 522081 82 Linux swap /dev/hda8 8609 9568 7711168+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 9569 9581 104391 83 Linux /dev/hda10 9582 9964 3076416 83 Linux I configured my grub.conf file like this # cat grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda #boot=/dev/hda default=1 timeout=5 plashimage=(hd0,7)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Fedora Linux Core 1 root (hd0,7) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi rhgb initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img title Slackware Linux root(hd0,9) kernel /boot/vmlinuz ro title WindowsXp Home Edition rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Now, the problem is that I can't boot Slackware from Grub booting menu. The following error apears " Such partition not exist" press any key to reboot... But I have Slackware booting floppy too, so I can boot Slackware with this floppy but not from booting prompt. Q:1. Can I configure correct parameters, if yes how????? Q:2. Can I use same Swap partition & Boot partition to both Fedora and Slackware linux. Thank you all..... |
Add 'root=/dev/hda10' to the Slack line.
Swap & boot are shareable. However, /boot will be tricky. First, grub paths are relative to the partition: #your slack kernel before (basically the same you had) kernel (hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz #with Slack using a /boot partition, hda9: kernel (hd0,8)/vmlinuz Note that 'boot' is no longer in the path. Also, keep the distros' files seperate. The two distros will have problems with each others default configuration for the kernel. |
Hello... aaa
Its means I have to make separate /boot partition for Slackware, and Swap too?????
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No, they can both use the same /boot and swap. Sharing swap will be very easy. However you will have to change a few things to make a shared /boot work. If you don't what to share the /boot, you don't have to make a new /boot for Slack.
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