On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 00:01 -0700, Thomas Taylor wrote: > On Monday 29 May 2006 06:43, David McCormick wrote: > > Rainer Traut wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > David McCormick schrieb: > > >> I recently did a clean install of FC-4 64 bit on a new disk and > > >> updated using yum update with livna. Now when I reboot Grub starts > > >> the 2111 kernel by default which is waht I want but fails with the > > >> following > > >> > > >> root (hd2,0) > > >> > > >> filesystem is ext2fs, partition type 0x87 > > >> > > >> kernel /boot/vmlinux-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4 ro root=lable=/123 rhgb quiet > > > > > > lable? should that be LABEL? > > > Have you edited grub.conf by hand? > > > > > > HTH > > > Rsiner > > > > It is label just my fingers getting out of sync. I checked gurb.conf > > and it has the proper files for 2111, the same number and type as 3069 > > has. > > > > Dave > > Hi Dave: > You missed the point of Rainers reply. It is supposed to be CAPITOL letters > for label (LABEL). > > You should spellcheck and proofread your posts. Indeed. You might then use the word CAPITAL instead of CAPITOL. > What is a gurb.conf file? > That should be grub.conf. I'm not trying to put you down, but a spelling > mistake in a file can cause unexpected results and it's best to check all > your work. > > 3069? What kernel is that from? Was that a 2.4 kernel? Probably another typo, should have been 2069. > I would recommend not updating with anything but the stock Fedora repos until > the system is working properly, then add things like livna or dags. This way > you will at least know what the problem is related to. Sounds reasonable. > You might also want to check the archives relevant to the 64 bit 2111 kernel. > I seem to recall seeing some problems about that. I think the 2111 kernel fixed the networking issues that the 2107 kernel was plagued by: http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2006-May/msg00890.html Paul.
