suse 10.1 and fedora 6 booting

**maxpayne_gr** · 11-18-2006

hello everyone,

i have the following problem.
i have installed fedora core 6 (i kept the default partition schema) so after installation my hd looks like this:
hda1 for /boot
hda2 as LVMGroup00 which contains LvmVolume00 for / and LVMVolume01 for swap.
After that i installed suse 10.1.
i just created hda3 for / and used LVMVolume01 for swap.
Although i wanted to specify not to put a new boot loader i didnt find anywhere during install that option so it automatically did...

I tried to find /boot/grub/grub.conf as devils_casper advised me but i couldn't instead i found menu.lst which contained the following code:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sat Nov 18 08:56:40 UTC 2006

color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,2)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 resume=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 splash=silent showopts
initrd /boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3
initrd /boot/initrd
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

what should i add i am not sure about the kernel part and after that...
thanx in advance guys!!!!

**devils casper** · 11-18-2006

post the contents of Fedora's grub.conf file and output of 'fdisk -l' command. you must root to execute it.

casper

**maxpayne_gr** · 11-18-2006

sorry i am totally noob can you give me some more info?

**maxpayne_gr** · 11-18-2006

sorry i mean how can i see the grub.conf shall i have to go to /dev/hda2 or /dev/hda1 and where... i dont know where to find it....

but fdisk -l shows the following:
Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 3252 26017267+ 8e Linux LVM
/dev/hda3 * 3253 6490 26009235 83 Linux

**devils casper** · 11-18-2006

grub.conf file is in hda1 ( /boot ) partition.
log in as root and open menu.lst. add this code at the end of file.

Code:

title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
	root (hd0,0)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
	initrd /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img

save file and reboot. try to boot up Fedora. in case, it doesn't work, post the contents of grub.conf file. its in grub folder of hda1.

casper

**maxpayne_gr** · 11-18-2006

hi again,
it couldn't load...
the error message was:

root (hd0,0)
filesystem type is ext2fs partition type 0x8e
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
error 15: file not found

i also dont know how to see the contents of hda1 so i can post what grub.conf has... i dont know how to have access on it... shall i have to type mount or something?
i am very very new on linux, sorry

thanx in advance

**devils casper** · 11-18-2006

log in as root and execute this code in terminal

Code:

mkdir /media/boot
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /media/boot

open /media/boot folder.

casper

**maxpayne_gr** · 11-18-2006

thanx for quick reply casper

here is the content:
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
module /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen.img

**maxpayne_gr** · 11-18-2006

i guess i have to add the after "root (hd0,0......" part to my menu.lst file right?

**devils casper** · 11-18-2006

copy this code ( last five lines in grub.conf file ) and add in menu.lst file

Code:

title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
module /initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6xen.img

save file and reboot !

casper

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