boot loader (grub - slackware)
 

Hello,

I have XP/fedora core 5 /slackware
I installed slackware 10.2 but decieded to not to install
lilo. Now I need to edit fedora's grub.conf to include slackware.
Something's not working

My grub.conf

default=0
timeout=5
splash blablablablabal
hiddenmenu

title Fedora
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmllinuz-2........ ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2....img

title windows
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title slackware
rootnoverify (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
initrd ?????????????????????????????


I edited the slackware entry but something is wrong.
I don't know if the kernel line is correct, and have
no idea what to put in the initrd line.

the files in my /boot directory:
config -> config-ide-2.4.31
config-ide-2.4.31
diag1.img
System.map -> System.map-ide-2.4.31
vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31
vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31



So the grub loader works ok for xp and fedora, I can't boot slackware, obviously because of that entry in grub.conf
When I boot into fedora I can mount slackware partition and access the data, so everything seems to be ok with slackware itself.

thanks

Hi. I think the correct lines would be something like:

title Slackware
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31 root=/dev/hda6 ro

You should not need initrd, unless you use filesystems like reiserfs, xfs..
The "/dev/hda6" which I wrote above is just a guess of mine from (hd0,5). You should replace that with your apropiate entry :). This configuration works, at least for me :D.

thanks,
when i come back from work, I wil try it

thanks, it works fine

And the search feature works again! Thanks bit128! I haven't been able to boot into my slackware partition for months! I was also trying to needlessly pass it an initrd file and an init= line on the kernal line and it panicked every time. It wasn't a particularly knawing problem as I dual boot with Fedora so I hadn't really tried to fix it until tonight. And now it works! Thanks!

Folks, you would do well to do some reading and seek to understand the difference in grub command lines.
Particularly if you intend to stray from Fedora/Redhat.

Second syg00ś comment...

Learning to properly edit the grub.conf file opens whole new worlds.

Bob