On Fri, 24 Jun 2011, jackson byers wrote: >> I messed up installing F14 and don't know how to fix it. >> What I had planned to do was reuse a /boot partition and put the rest >> in a single new partition I had already created for the purpose. >> I forgot about the /boot partition and I think I told it the >> wrong thing when it asked where to put the bootloader.confusing "reuse > /boot partition" > --meaning trying to reuse f13 /boot partition? Exactly. I'd told it to use just one partition. > your f14 looks like it doesnt have a /boot partition, > instead a /boot dir under sdb9. > Is that consistent with f14 /etc/fstab (nothing listed for /boot) ? Yes. > That /boot directory also isnt consistent with "reusing f13 /boot partition" That was the first part of messing up. > If your entire problem is your messing up where to install the bootloader > just redo it: > > from your f13, with your f14 sdb9 unmounted, > or booting from a knoppix cd.. > > I think the following will work: > > # grub> > root (hd1,8) > setup (hd1,8) > quit > > this should install the bootloader on 1st sector of sdb9 > reboot, > see if f14 boots I will report. Thanks. -- Michael hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Pessimist: The glass is half empty. Optimist: The glass is half full. Engineer: The glass is twice as big as it needs to be." -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
