FedoraCore & Slackware & Grub

[Michelle]

Hi there,

I installed slackware yesterday and tried to add it to the /grub/config file. Slackware shows up in grub, but when I select it I get error 15.
Here's what fdisk shows:

/dev/hdb1 * 1 2295 83 Linux
/dev/hdb2 2296 4207 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 4208 4589 82 Linux swap /Solaris
/dev/hdb4 4590 9729 83 Linux (Slackware on here??)

And here's what is in grub.config:

blar blar blar
boot=/dev/hdb
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.17-1.2157_FC5)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-1.2156_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5.img

title Fedora Core (2.6.15_2054) etc etc

title Slackware
(hd0,3)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.31 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.31.img


I'm not sure of the full version number of Slackware and I don't know the path and name of the image. Could you please have a look at this to see where I have gone wrong. With what I've done, the name Slackware displays at grub but when I enter it I get error no 15.

Your help would be most appreciated.

Thanks
michelle

[Juan Pablo]

This what I actually use to boot Slackware 10.0 (adapted to you) and it boots without any problem

title           Slackware 10.0
root            (hd0,3)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz   root=/dev/hda4 ro single
boot

Created by myself

Slackware usually have a symlink to the kernel named just vmlinuz

[Michelle]

Hello Juan Pablo,

Thanks for your reply. I put that info exactly as you did except for the line of the kernel. I put hdb4.

kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb4 ro single

It boots but it brings up a page of an error. Here is some of it:

Checking root filesystem
fsch 1.38
/sbin /e2fsck: is a directory while trying to open /
/:

Superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2 filesystem. If device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesysystem (and not swap or ufs or something else) then the superblock is corrupt, you might try running e2fsck with an alternative superblock
e2fsck - b 8193 <device>

error during root filesystem check


It then tells me that I can log in, in single-user mode. I can see bin/ boot/, /dev, proc/, etc.

Can you tell me please what I have done wrong. I'm sure I formatted the partition using ext3.

Thanks again
Michelle

[MikeTbob]

I could be wrong here but shouldn't this be:

title Slackware
(hd0,4)

instead of

title Slackware
(hd0,3)

[Michelle]

Hi Mike,
I tried the change but it didn't make any difference. Thanks for your help though.
I shall keep working on it. Maybe I should make hdb4 a primary partition. After there is 4 primary partitions allowed hey?
Michelle.

[Michelle]

Hi Juan,

Should I put something else rather than "single" in the Slackware line. I'm just thinking that that is the same as runlevel 1.

thanks
Michelle