>-----Original Message----- >From: kernelnewbies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kernelnewbies- >bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Hudec >Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 12:51 PM >To: varun >Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx; kernel_newbie@xxxxxx; >vidiyala2005@xxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: two versions of kernel > >On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 11:57:44 +0530, varun wrote: >> >> On Wed, 2005-08-10 at 10:34, vidiyala prashanth wrote: >> > I have two versions of kernel 2.4.21-4.EL and 2.4.20 >> > what does EL stand for? >> EL stands for enterprise linux. >> > i'd like to have both the versions in my boot prompt. >> > i have a dual boot system (win98 & red hat linux(9.1) kernel : >> > 2.4.21-4.EL) >> Assuming that you have a compiled kernel in /boot dir. >> To make sure check if you have bzImage in /boot. >Except it's called vmlinuz in /boot! (it is installed this way by make >install in kernel source) >> All you have to do is open /etc/grub.conf >Pardon me, but most systems really have /boot/grub/menu.lst (as is grub >default). Even Debian does, though it's violation of FHS -- but it is >necessary as /boot is sometimes the only partition accessible to grub (eg. >if >bios can't handle the whole disk, only beginning part of it). Actually this '/etc/grub.conf' is a link to /boot/grub/grub.conf. So effectively 'grub.conf' lies in /boot and hence accessible to grub. Regards, Sanjay >> in the file add the following lines >> title <give any name want eg:2.4.20> >> root (hd0,1) /*This may differ in your system*/ >> kernel /boot/bzImage ro root=/dev/hda2 /*the root= must be >> chosen based on the root partition of your linux. >> to check this use fdisk -l command and figure out. >> >> > i'd like to add the third one in my GRUB for kernel 2.4.20 >> > how do i do that?please guide > >Tried reading grub documentation? > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >---- > Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx> -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
