Re: FC3 boot problem

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if the kernel stuff is on the SATA disk and suport is compiled as
module it might give problems



On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:20:42 -0500 (EST), ehemdal@xxxxxxxxxxx
<ehemdal@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mustafa:
> >
> > adding a /boot partition means some work on partitioning for
> > now.as i am an end user and not experienced,i don't know
> > which size  should it be  for the future
> 
> When I've done installs, my /boot partition ends up about 100MB, which is
> enough space to hold 4 or 5 kernels.  The /boot partition is not for the
> bootloader, but for the files that the bootloader handles.
> 
> . . .
> >> no,i have only one processor, but it has hyper threading
> > capabilities.so the smp kernel installs
> 
> This makes sense.
> >
> > yes,i set a grub password,and i am also suspicious that could
> > be the problem.but i don't know how to solve.
> 
> I am not certain how to remove the GRUB password, but the man page for
> grub-install may give you an option to remove it.
> 
> >
> > and i have SATA harddisk,but the partitions are represented
> > as hda not sda.maybe this also can be problem.but i don't know
> >
> 
> This might be a problem, but if you have a clean installation, I would
> guess that the devices are correct.  I'm still wondering where your kernel
> resides.
> 
> Can you boot the rescue CD? and remount the root filesystem?  As far as I
> know from FC2, rescue mode gives you instructions for remounting the root
> filesystem for repair.  Then a command such as
> 
> find / -name "something" 2>/dev/null
> 
> should find the file named "something" (don't need the quotes) and you can
> use this to find the kernel, initrd, or whatever files you need to find.
> 
> If they aren't in a subdirectory called /boot, I think you found your
> problem.  Based on your grub.conf, that's where the bootloader is looking.
> 
> Hope this helps some.  Post what you find.
> 
> Erik
> 
> 
> 
> 
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