I downloaded the supergrub iso and installed it onto my usb drive. When I boot from it, it gives me the grub> command line. Is that a sign I don't have the USB installation right or is that the tool that I am supposed to use to fix my non booting drive ? Thanks On 7/16/09, linux guy <linuxguy123@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here is my grub file. The boot partition is /dev/sda1. That should > be hd0,0, right ? The root partition is sda2. That should be > hd0,1, right ? > > Does anyone see anything wrong with my grub setup ? > > I don't understand how installing an f12 kernel and then uninstalling > it could still result in a machine that won't boot. Does f12 assume > an ext4 filesystem or something ? df thinks my file systems are all > ext3. > > Thanks > > default=0 > timeout=15 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > hiddenmenu > title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro > root=UUID=f543d554-9344-4cad-a7da-47de47cd2665 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img > title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro > root=UUID=f543d554-9344-4cad-a7da-47de47cd2665 rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img > > On 7/16/09, Rich Mahn <rich@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> I did that, twice, first off, before I ever posted to the group. The >>> f12 kernel installed to default 0 and then I had 2 f11 2.6.29 kernels >>> in positions 1 and 2. I changed the default to both of them and >>> neither would boot. >> >> I have had this problem often when I've been moving disks around or >> when I am testing out new operating systems. It has always been >> one of two things: >> >> 1. the BIOS has reordered disks and you aren't booting from the >> disk you want, or >> 2. (similar to above), the disk identified in grub is the wrong one >> and needs to be dhanged. Where you see something like >> root (hd0,0), you may need to change it to root(hd1,0). >> >> This can sometimes be caused by a USB device being present (or not). >> If you loaded your OS with a USB drive, it may have shifted all the >> hd's when creating the grub.conf file. >> >> >> -- >> fedora-list mailing list >> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >> Guidelines: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> > -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
