GRUB Bootloader not working properly

pixellany · 05-23-2006, 02:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarlosDaJackel

Change these, each distro has its own kernel but there both using a symlink to vmlinuz. Because suse was installed 2nd, your trying to boot fedora with the suse kernel. Also fix the typo on the title line

Title FCore5
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 root=/dev/hda7 vga=0x317 selinux=0 resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img

Be very careful of typo's

Why are you saying "root (hd1,1)"? The way I read it, his FC5 is on hd0, partition 6 (in grub-speak) AKA /dev/hda7

And yes, the filenames in menu.lst must match what is actually in /boot for the thing you are trying to boot.

tackiepro · 05-24-2006, 06:49 AM

It's working now.

The corrected info for the Suse menu.lst entry on drive B is:
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title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
root (hd0,6)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
---------------

This is the exact info from the grub.conf file from the original FC5 install on drive A

Thanks for all your help. This is a great forum.

pixellany · 05-24-2006, 01:15 PM

Hooray!!!
tackiepro is the best kind of newbie---hang in there until problem solved.