Re: GRUB for Two Linux Kernels

From: W. Watson (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 02/23/04 

Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 05:03:17 GMT

Lenard wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 01:03:53 +0000, W. Watson wrote:
>
>
>>I've built a realtime kernel, and would like to select it a boot time.
>>Here's basically what I have for grub.conf:
>>
>>default=0
>>timeout=10
>>splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Red Hat Linux (2.4.7-10)
>> root (hd0,0)
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hda6 initrd
>> /initrd-2.4.7-10.img
>>title Realtime Linux (xxx)
>> root (hd0,0)
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10-rtl3.2 ro root=LABEL/
>
>
> The correct line;
>
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10-rtl3.2 ro root=/dev/hda6
>
> Also check that the /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10-rtl3.2 file does exist.
>
>
Thanks. I tried it and it didn't work; however, I'm beginning to wonder if I'm really
using GRUB. I just installed RH 9.0 and thought I specified GRUB. But the graphics
boot window doesn't seem at all like what I put in grub.conf. How do I know which
loader I'm really using? 

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