On Jan 28, 2008 11:43 AM, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 11:02 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > > In the F8 info grub it states you can boot a linux computer with this: > > > > grub> root (hd0,4) > > grub> kernel /vmlinuz > > grub> boot > > That used to work, and may still work with some distros. Because > inside /boot there's a symlink from "vmlinuz" *to* the latest current > vmlinuz file. > > > But this does not work on F8. Could it be a problem with examples are very general? Are examples expected to work everywhere or are computer users encouraged to think? > > I don't do Fedora 8 yet, but 7 doesn't have that symlink, and I don't > remember seeing it for a very long time, perhaps as far back as Red Hat > Linux 7. > > > I used full kernel address and root= things and Grub found the right > > kernel. > > Of course that's going to work, if done right. But I suspect that you > haven't included the initrd line, and that your system needs something > from the initrd file to be able to work. > > > Then I applied the boot and grub dropped out and there was no boot and > > no information on why. > > What do you mean by "applied the boot"? > > -- > [tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr > 2.6.23.12-52.fc7 i686 i386 > > Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. > I read messages from the public lists. > ________________________________________________________________ > > - Are you thinking what I'm thinking? > - Perhaps... I've got a boot, here, and it's tempting to put it on > and... > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
