[ale] Grub Configuration

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Thu Jun 19 13:02:31 EDT 2003


Crap!  I did not see that.  Too many kernels in the box

On Thu, Jun 19, 2003 at 12:15:41PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> That should have read:
> 
> kernel ......................
> 
> rather then:
> 
> kernel-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/hda4
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
> >I'm a bit new to grub, but shouldn't your second linux entry have a 
> >'kernel' entry as in:
> >
> >kernel ......................
> >
> >kernel-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/hda4
> >
> >rather then:
> >
> >
> >Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >
> >>I have the following Grub entries:
> >>
> >>default=0
> >>timeout=10
> >>splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> >>title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9)
> >>        root (hd1,0)
> >>        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=LABEL=/1 hdc=ide-scsi
> >>        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img
> >>title DOS
> >>        rootnoverify (hd0,1)
> >>        chainloader +1
> >>title Red Hat Linux 7.3
> >>        root(hd0,0)
> >>        kernel-2.4.20 ro root=/dev/hda4
> >>
> >>
> >>My problem is that the last entry is my old disti on RH 7.3.  It
> >>never shows up in the menu.  If I want to boot it, I have to
> >>switch to command line mode and issue the root,kernel, and finally
> >>the boot command.  How do I get it to show up?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Chris
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> >
> 
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