On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 12:38:53 -0800, cfk <cfk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gentlemen: > > Things are getting a little trickier today. So far, on one test computer, I > have debian on hda1 and fedora3 on hda3. Each one demands that it write grub > to the MBR. > > If I allow debian to write the MBR, then Fedora doesnt boot. Similarly if I > let Fedora write to the MBR, then Debian doesnt boot. > > After going back and forth for a while, I have Debian to where it will boot > and Fedora to where it will almost boot. > > Fedora displays an unusual message right after md: ... autorun DONE. > > EXT2-fs warning (device hda3): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as > ext2 > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly > Freeing unused kernel memory: 144k freed > Warning: unable to open an initial console > SELinux: Disabled at runtime. > SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks > > And the Fedora boot hangs forever at this point. > > Would anyone be willing to suggest a next step or two? > > Charles > If you start up using the MBR installed by FC does FC startup OK? John
