Re: Grub how to boot F8/F9 -

Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
bobgoodwin wrote:
In which case do I need a boot file on the F-9 disk?
Fdisk will toggle that I believe.

#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8)
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img

You can add an entry for Windows something like:

title Windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

This is for Windows being on the first partition on the first BIOS
drive. Change hd0,0 to hd0,1 if it is on the second partition.
This is what the F-9 grub.conf file is, presently it shows as /dev/sda
but with the cables swapped it becomes /dev/sdc. I guess what I need is
to combine the two files and hope I don't get into a condition where I
can't boot any o/s! Wish I was knew what i was doing ...

#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=15
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686 ro
root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.i686.img
title Fedora (2.6.25-14.fc9.i686)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686 ro
root=UUID=23b42fa8-24bb-4d8f-9be6-928cd2e0825b rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.25-14.fc9.i686.img

Ah - this answers a lot of questions. We have a problem here if the
drive on the add-on card is not accessible by the BIOS. You can test
it by adding an entry to your F8 grub.conf something like this. If
it works, we get fancy later.

title Fedora 9
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
chainloader (hd0)

If grub complains about the map commands, we have a bit of work
ahead of us. If it all works, you should get the Fedora 9 Grub
screen. Note - then map commands only affect that menu selection, so
it will not affect booting the other entries.

Mikkel
Ok, I will do as you suggest, but you have me off on a tangent now. The information in the 'info grub' files is quite good [understandable]. I would like to be able to print a copy in a large font. I don't usually use the info files because they are hard to navigate but perhaps there's a way to print a copy at least of the sections I am most interested in? Google provided instructions for navigating them but nothing so far on printing a copy without going through the thing page by page.



Bob

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