On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:43:36 -0500 Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 20/11/09 17:29, David Timms wrote: > > On 11/21/2009 08:50 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > >> Don't know what that means. Why does it want the "root" for the > >> previous system? > > The "root" in this case refers to the top level of your filesystem > > tree "/". It can't find it. > > > > Can you post: cat /boot/grub/grub.conf [root@box6 ~]# cat > > /boot/grub/grub.conf > > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > > # > > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to > > this file > > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > > # root (hd0,0) > > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro > > root=/dev/mapper/vg_box6-lv_root # > > initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda > > default=1 > > timeout=10 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > hiddenmenu > > title Upgrade to Fedora 12 (Constantine) root (hd0,0) > > kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade > > repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade > > stage2=hd:UUID=09e14e02-5f2b-4e87-b2b6-4d8ffb6d7f98:/upgrade/install.img > > ks=hd:UUID=09e14e02-5f2b-4e87-b2b6-4d8ffb6d7f98:/upgrade/ks.cfg > > initrd /upgrade/initrd.img I don't know about the rest of what you posted, but this seems to be missing the root (hd0,0) line. Maybe preupgrade takes it from the next stanza??? > > title Omega 11.1 Fedora Remix (2.6.30.9-96.fc11.i586) > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.30.9-96.fc11.i586 ro > > root=/dev/mapper/vg_box6-lv_root > > initrd /initrd-2.6.30.9-96.fc11.i586.img -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines