-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Forcey wrote: > I'm definitely booting with grub. me too. now. > I think I am using (hdn,n) correctly. This is the boot parameters > (actually generated by yum) in menu.1st that won't work: > > title Fedora (2.6.23.15-80.fc7PAE) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.15-80.fc7PAE ro root=LABEL=/ > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.15-80.fc7PAE.img this is what i first had, but it hung until i changed to (sdx,n). with 'x' and 'n' both as numbers. try 'sd', it may correct it for you as it did for me. will not take that long. and certainly worth time if it does work. >> I thought it was all changed to sd(x) instead of hd(x)? Ric > > But another box runs F8 very smoothly with (hdx,y): > > title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8) noacpi > root (hd0,2) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/1 noacpi > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img some boxes are choosier than others. just like women. - -- tc,hago. g . without fences, who needs gates. - --. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIItRcQCGYa6nWX2MRAuRuAJ9aruNFwOL/0nnFSdgqYHiRqIUHxACgoagM Ma0/EBvf/+qn90LE7Hdy6fM= =kO7X -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list