Re: Multiple Fedora Core 3 installs

From: Kyuso Cahi (kyuso_at_softhome.net)
Date: 11/16/04 

Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 03:56:38 GMT

MC wrote:

> Greetings, all.
>
> I have pasted my grub.conf contents below for comment.
>
> I have installed FC3 on an AMD 64 box, both the 32 and 64 bit distros.
> First I installed the 32 and then 64. I edited the grub.conf file as
> below to add the 32 bit partition information to boot the 32 bit. I
> receive an error that referes to the label "root=LABEL=/12" and drop to
> the diagnostic prompt. I found some web hits regarding this, but cannot
> seem to get the settings tweaked. Please offer any suggestions.

Try to use actual /dev names instead of labels. Look at your root=/dev/hda9
as an example. In your case, (hd0,11) would be root=/dev/hda12.

I find labels confusing, and they seem to get changed when installing to a
different partition.

> # 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 (hd0,8)
> # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda9
> # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=2
> timeout=30
> splashimage=(hd0,8)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core 3 64-bit AMD (2.6.9-1.667)
> root (hd0,8)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/1 rhgb quiet
> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> title Fedora Core 3 32-bit (2.6.9-1.667)
> root (hd0,11)
> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=LABEL=/12 rhgb quiet
> ((added in ng post ^^^^for emphasis - just above is problem I believe))
> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img
> title WIndows XP
> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
> chainloader +1

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