On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 01:37 +0930, Tim wrote: > !down upside read don't I, post top not do Please > > > Kahn Seidl: > > > /dev/hda1 1 1912 15358108+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > > /dev/hda2 1913 1925 104422+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hda3 * 1926 3850 15462562+ 83 Linux > > /dev/hda4 3851 7296 27679995 5 Extended > > /dev/hda5 3851 7296 27679963+ 8e Linux LVM > > Looks like hda3 is the /boot partition, unless you've accidentally made > the wrong partition active. I'd be guessing your partitions are > something like this: > > hd0,0 or hda1 Windows > hd0,1 or hda2 something for Linux > hd0,2 or hda3 /boot based on size of the partition I would guess hda2 (~100MB) is /boot and hda3 (~15GB) is / (or something else linux). He could boot to rescue mode to check that out. > hd0,4 or hda5 logical volume containing / and most other partitions > > And I'd expect grub.conf to be something like: > > root (hd0,2) > kernel /vmlinuz-something ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd-something.img > > (With the "something" being whatever version numbers for your installed > kernel. Boot the rescue disc and list the contents of the partitions to > find what's on them.) > > On the other hand, if hda2 is your /boot partition, try replacing "root > (hd0,2)" with "root (hd0,1)". > > > please note this is from a freshly installed fc4, not fc3. I would like to > > retrieve my fc3 back. > > Huh? You've installed 4, this is 4, onto the same drive replacing it, > and you want us to help you get 3 back? How? > > > > > ... Argh, top posting with lots of unnecessary extra included. It's a > bugger to read, and means huge bloated messages on a message list with > LOTS of traffic. Not a good thing. Trim out extra stuff, reply below > the parts you're directly replying to. It makes life easier for > everyone, particularly those most likely to help you. > > -- > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. >
