I was under the impression that you can't boot from an LVM volume and that is why /boot needed to be in its own partition - before the LVM gets mounted. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Craig On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 14:16 +0000, Kahn Seidl wrote: > well, boot is on /dev/hda2 > > boot is on /dev/hda2 and the lvm is hda5 > > which is what the boot is ont > > if i specify /boot then it wont find the kernel > > if I leave it as /vmlinuz > then it works allright. > > but i still get a kernel panic > > > martin > > >From: Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx,For users of Fedora Core releases > ><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx,For users of Fedora Core releases > ><fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: grub.conf emptied, and now i get kernel panic? > >Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:33:57 -0500 > > > >On Fri, 2005-08-26 at 08:17 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 02:38:26PM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 16:52 -0500, akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Aug 25, 2005 at 12:41:28PM +0200, David Colomer wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > > > > > Kahn Seidl wrote: > > > > > > > Somehow my grub.conf is emptied. But, what I did is put it back > >in the > > > > > > > best I could from what someone else posted. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > title fc3 > > > > > > > root (hd0,2) > > > > > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABLE=/dev/hda2 rhgb quiet > > > > > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img > > > > > > > > > > > > I can't beleve no one mentioned this but the lines should be: > > > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABREL=/dev/hda2 rhgb > >quiet > > > > > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img > > > > ---- > > > > English as a second language for some, I understand. I thought English > > > > was Aaron's primary language. > > > > > > > > LABEL #not LABLE or LABREL > > > > > > > > I believe the spelling is entirely significant > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > or am I going crazy. > > > > ---- > > > You are right .. I can't spell. But my point is that the lines should > > > be: > > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz... > > > initrd /boot/initrd.. > > > > > > Not: > > > kernel /vmlinuz... > > > initrd /initrd... > > > > > > That is the problem. > > > >I see 2 possibilities. > >If there is a separate /boot partition (as I use) then the lines would > >be > >********* > >title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > > initrd /initrd-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.img > >*********** > > > >If there is no /boot partition then the alternate form would be correct > > > >*********** > >title Fedora Core (2.6.12-1.1372_FC3) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.12-1.1372_FC3.img > >*********** > > > >Note, that you can use either root-LABEL=/ or root=/dev/hda2, but you > >cannot mix the LABEL and device name in the same line. > > > >Also, I noted that Kahn gave the stanza > > > title fc3 > > > root (hd0,2) > > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABLE=/dev/hda2 rhgb quiet > > > initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img > >which seems incorrect in one other way. > >The second line [ root (hd0,2) ] likely does not point to /dev/hda2. > >The way grub works that should point to the 3rd partition on the drive > >(/dev/hda3). This would imply that /boot is in /dev/hda3 and if so then > >having the kernel line without the /boot part would be correct. > > > >Only Kahn can answer that part. > > > >Mine which I showed above as [ root (hd0,0) ] actually points to > >the /boot partition which is /dev/hda1. Grub starts counting partitions > >from 0 but the partition table starts counting from 1. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > ======================================================================= > > > P-K4 > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > Aaron Konstam > > > Computer Science > > > Trinity University > > > telephone: (210)-999-7484 > > > > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
