On 6 November 2010 14:35, JB <jb.1234abcd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dave Cross <davorg <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> ... >> If it helps, my disk layout is as follows: >> >> $ df >> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on >> /dev/sda5 100790004 8666260 87003832 10% / >> tmpfs 4125644 3072 4122572 1% /dev/shm >> /dev/sda7 806346856 348886504 416500232 46% /data >> /dev/sda6 251977516 153278152 85899140 65% /home >> > > We need to understand how your system is partitioned and booted. > Give us output (unedited): > # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 1500.3 GB, 1500301910016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 182401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0xb8000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 9 72261 de Dell Utility /dev/sda2 10 1264 10078208 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda3 1264 7638 51201323 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/sda4 7639 182401 1403783797+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 * 7639 20386 102398278+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 20387 52257 256003776 83 Linux /dev/sda7 52258 154243 819202513+ 83 Linux > # uname -r 2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE > # cat /etc/grub.conf # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,4) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5 # initrd /boot/initrd-[generic-]version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=1 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Upgrade to Fedora 14 (Laughlin) kernel /boot/upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade ks=hd:UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482:/boot/upgrade/ks.cfg stage2=hd:UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482:/boot/upgrade/install.img initrd /boot/upgrade/initrd.img title Fedora (2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.23-170.fc12.i686.PAE.img title Fedora (2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.21-168.fc12.i686.PAE.img title Fedora (2.6.32.21-166.fc12.i686.PAE) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.21-166.fc12.i686.PAE ro root=UUID=f8a71551-f7b7-45ef-b1d8-057f4cf69482 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=uk rhgb quiet rdblacklist=nouveau initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.32.21-166.fc12.i686.PAE.img title Windows rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 > # cat /proc/mounts rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0 /proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0 /sys /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0 udev /dev devtmpfs rw,relatime,size=4119436k,nr_inodes=191556,mode=755 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/sda5 / ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /proc/bus/usb /proc/bus/usb usbfs rw,relatime 0 0 /dev/sda7 /data ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/sda6 /home ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,relatime 0 0 sunrpc /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0 gvfs-fuse-daemon /home/dave/.gvfs fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=500,group_id=500 0 0 > Now, to save some time, what is your understanding of: > - your primary boot loader (MBR) boots what (refer to distro/OS name and > partition as in 'fdisk -l' output (/dev/sda?) ? Grub's default is to boot /dev/sda5 - which is the system's main Linux partition. > - the boot loader for your distro in question (/dev/sda5) - are you the primary > (MBR) boot loader destination as above or are you a subordinate boot loader > destination (that is, your boot loader was placed on your root partition) ? As far as I know, Grub is the only bootloader on this system. My knowledge of bootloader technology is shaky - so if my answers to those last two questions aren't detailed enough then please ask for more detail. Cheers, Dave... -- Dave Cross :: dave@xxxxxxxxxxx http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
