Michael Schwendt wrote:
On 18/10/2007, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday crashcourse ca> wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Karl Larsen wrote:
For example look at this working grub.conf entry:
Figure 3:
title Fedora (2.6.22.9-91.fc7)
root (hd0,5)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 ro root=/dev/sda5 quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.img
From our work above we are not interested in the title but we want
to figure out what the root is. It says hd0,5 which means in words
hard drive 1, partition 6 which can be also written /dev/sda6.
Notice kernel and initrd and see they are just written as, for
example kernel /vmlinuz... This means the two files are in the root
directory.
no, they're not. but don't let that stop you from disseminating yet
more misinformation. it's what you do best, karl.
rday
There are only two "roots" when dealing with GRUB. First, the system's
root directory, which is located on the root partition. Second, GRUB's
root device, specified with the "root" command in GRUB. Let's stick to
the terminology and not confuse "root directory", "root device" and
"GRUB's root device". GRUB's root device is not a root directory. On
GRUB's root device, the files usually are located at the root of the
partition's file-system, but that's neither mandatory nor relevant.
P.S. Concerning some of the off-topic msgs about Karl still opening
too many new threads for every tiny change in topic, yes, it's
tiresome. Simply adjust the "Subject" a little bit and keep the
messages in the old thread until the thread ends due to a period of
inactivity.
Yes the problem is we and I have too many root directories. Grub has
at least 2 and I am still trying to figure out what to call the
directory you form when you install ext3 in a new partition. It appears
you do not want to call it another root :-) But I simply do not know
what to call it. Maybe the first directory?
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Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
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