[ fixed TOFU quoting ]
"Usman S. Ansari" <uansari@yahoo.com> wrote:
>--- Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@gams.at> wrote:
>> "Mark Hamblin" <MarkHamblin@cox.net> wrote:
>> >13 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-3)
>> >14 root (hd0,0)
>> >15 kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hde2
>> >16 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img
>> >17 title Red Hat Linux (2.5.46)
>> >18 root (hd0,0)
>> >19 kernel /bzImage-2.5.46 ro root=/dev/hde2
>> >20 initrd /initrd-2.4.18-3.img
>> >
>> >I added lines 17-20. Note that I use bzImage instead of vmlinuz. I'm not
>> >sure about that. I also don't know if I should modify the initrd line.
>>
>> Line 20 as of above is definitely wrong. Either you create an initrd
>> for your kernel version or (which is probably the simpler thing) is
>> compile all drivers statically into kernel which are necessary to
>> mount / (the root filesystem), i.e. usually the IDE or SCSI driver
>> and the filesystem driver (ext2, ext3, or whatever) and delete line
>> 20 from above.
>On line 15 and 19, are you sure it is /dev/hde, which means that (correct me i
>f wrong), your
I assumed line 13-16 is the original working boot configuration.
>harddisk is 5th ide device on your system. Usually motherboards only have supp
>ort for 4 ide device.
Actually I have here a motherboard (Asus A7V) which a primary VIA IDE
controller and a secondary/external/"SCSI" Promise IDE controller.
So yes, having hda-hdh is actually quite possible.
Bernd
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