Good day !
I have both Gentoo Linux and Fedora Core 4 on my hard disk . I don't want to boot Fedora , I only want to use it from within Gentoo , with the help of VMWare . I've installed vmware, got it to run but now it's time to set it up so that I can boot Fedora .
First , a few things that *might* be of help (pardon any uselessness):
Code:
#1 disk layouts:
Disk /dev/hda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77545 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 63 31720+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 64 560 250488 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hda3 561 1142 293328 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 1143 77545 38507112 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 1143 15032 7000528+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 15033 22970 4000720+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 22971 23940 488848+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 23941 73420 24937888+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 73421 77025 1816888+ 83 Linux <--- FEDORA "/"
/dev/hda10 77026 77545 262048+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris <--- FEDORA SWAP
Code:
#2 (results of) mount:
/dev/hda3 on / type reiserfs (rw,noatime,notail)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /usr type reiserfs (rw,nodev,noatime,notail)
/dev/hda6 on /var type reiserfs (rw,nodev,noatime,notail)
/dev/hda7 on /tmp type reiserfs (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /home type reiserfs (rw,nodev,noatime,notail)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
(notice Fedora partitions are not mounted ; notice that Gentoo /boot partition is not mounted either)
Code:
#3 /boot/grub/grub.conf (gentoo)
default 0
timeout 10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 real_root=/dev/hda3
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Right .. so on we go to make a virtual machine for Fedora..
Code:
# vmware & <-- I run VMWare , from the "root" account
VMWare starts up and this is what I do :
Code:
(select button) New Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine Configuration -> Custom
Virtual Machine Format -> New - Workstation 5
Guest Operating System -> Linux
Version -> Other Linux 2.6.x kernel
Virtual Machine Name -> Fedora
Location -> /home/dec/vmware/Fedora (I do this because the default /root/vmware/ is too small)
Memory -> 96 MB (recommended memory)
Network Connection -> Use bridged networking
IDE Adapter: AtAPI
SCSI Adapter -> LSI Logic (!???)
Disk -> Use a physical disk (for advanced users)
Device -> /dev/hda
Usage -> Use individual partitions
(8 partitions come up, the 7th is 1.7 GB which seems to match the partition on which Fedora is installed)
(select) Partition 7
Disk file -> /home/dev/vmware/Fedora/Fedora.vmdk
Finnish
Great .. now to power the virtual machine ..
Code:
GRUB Loading stage1.5
GRUB loading, please wait...
Error 17
Now I know that Error 17 means GRUB saw the partition it had to boot but couldn't boot it .. however I can not figure out where I'm going wrong .. I would very much appreciate it if someone could help me out with this .. Thank you !
