Re: how to find FC4 kernel filename for grub?

From: H. Brown (h_brown_at_netzero.net)
Date: 07/28/05


Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 16:02:50 -0400

On Sat, 23 Jul 2005 09:17:54 +0900, Tim <tim@mail.localhost.invalid> wrote:

>Tim <tim@mail.localhost.invalid> wrote:

>I think you might also *need* the root=/ part of the kernel line, as well.
>That's the mount path to where the Linux / (system root directory) is to
>be found, for the running system, by the way (which is different than the
>root path for the GRUB). Sorry about line wrap going astray earlier on.
>
>I don't know what that error message is.

Finally was able to try it-- nope. Still get kernel panic.

Thanks for your help, but without a working install of FC4, no way to determine
what commands and parameters I should issue grub.

Because the install never booted at all, I wonder if there is a special
first-time boot setup sequence that was needed to set some defaults?