On 4/23/05, Neil Dugan <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-04-23 at 19:55 -0700, bruce wrote: > > hi... > > > > i have a FC3 system. > > > > when i do 'rpm -qa | grep kernel' i see that i have a few kernels already > > installed. i'm running 2.6.9-1.667 (uname -r). i'd like to run > > 2.6.11-1.14_FC3 which is one of the kernels installed. > > > > when i look at '/boot', i see that the initrd---.img files are there. > > however, when i look at the grub.conf file, i only see the 2.6.9-1.667. > > > > so, what do i need to do to run with the latest kernel?? > > > Hi, > I don't know why you didn't have this done for you when the kernel was > installed. But you need to add the following lines to the 'grub.conf' > > --- snip --- > title Fedora Core (2.6.11-1.14_FC3) > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.11-1.14_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.11-1.14_FC3.img > --- snip --- > > the 'root' line will need changing to be the same as for your other > kernels. > > Regards Neil. > > > thanks > > > > bruce > > bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Bruce, Slow down! You are in too much of a hurry! You totally borked your FC2 setup. Your upgrade (?) to FC3 seems to also be borked. Just start over. Insert FC3_CD1, reboot, and install over the current partitions. Do not attempt to preserve any data. That will be a waste of your time as well as the list's.