On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 16:29 -0500, zephod@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > The upgrade from FC5 to FC6 appeared to go OK at first and I was able > to log in and do a package update which had no problems. However after > I installed xen I can no longer boot; the system just reboots. I wonder if you replaced a non-Xen kernel with a Xen one, rather than installing it as an additional kernel? > After some investigation I found that when I boot from the DVD in > rescue mode and run grub from the command line I get this: > > # grub > grub> root (hd0,0) > Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7 > > The file /boot/device.map contains: > (hd0) /dev/hdi > (hd1) /dev/sda > > hd1 is my Windows disk. Perhaps your map file doesn't really show what's considered hd0 and hd1. Try issuing root (hd1,0), and see what difference it makes. You can just type in (hd and hit the tab key, you'll get auto-complete options from what's available. If something considers the order of the drives to be different, they'll count the other way around. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
