On Sunday 26 December 2004 16:47, cfk wrote: >On Sunday 26 December 2004 13:09, John Cox wrote: >> 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 > >Dear John: > > Either one starts fine with its own grub demands. It is curious > that there is no grub.conf with the debian distribution in > /boot/grub. A 'find -name grub*' or 'find -name grub.conf' finds > nothing with Debian. > > I do have the grub incantations for each and am booting debian > right now. When I get to the grub prompt and enter the FC > incantations, grub compains with an 'Error 27: Unrecognized > command' for FC's stuff. > > Here are the incantations for each. The first one works with > Debian's grub, the second one works with FC's grub and neither > works with the other's grub. > >Debian: > >root (hd0,0) >kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-1-386 root=/dev/hda1 ro >initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-1-386 >savedefault >boot > >Fedora Core3: > >root (hd0,2) >kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet >initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img > >I tried changing the root=LABEL=/1 statement to root=/dev/hda3 to no > avail. I am unfamiliar with the '=/1' after LABEL, although I > believe LABEL refers to grub.conf on the Fedora partition. > >The rhgb and quiet stuff leaves me a little puzzled, but I suspect > that will be revealed in the fullness of time as I suspect they > have to do with the X stuff and not the disk stuff. > >With Respect, Charles Krinke The first gotcha is that debian/morphix et all don't use a grub.conf as you found out, but they use a 'menu.lst' in the same manner. I'm using the exact same syntax in both files on a dual boot machine. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.30% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
