Hi all
I use GRUB only
Just go to /etc
and open the grub.conf file and edit it
comments are written on the top of the file which will help you to edit the file .
the order in which you want the display is the order in which you make it .
try that and let me know
any issues with that , i'll help you out
Rohit
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 Raghu Vadapalli wrote :
>somehow I never did it manually. All I had to do was make install. And the
>script automatically added the new kernel build to /boot/grub/grub.conf.
>
>On 8/10/05, Vincenzo Mallozzi <vinjunior@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I've never used GRUB, but I think the mechanism is the same as for LILO.
> > When I want to add a new linux to lilo, I create three new files:
> > config, System.map and vmlinux by mean of a ricompilation just as you've
> > done.
> > Now, you've to copy these three files in /boot dir naming them with a
> > different name.
> > Ex:
> >
> > cd /usr/src/testlinux
> > cp .config /boot/config_testlinux
> > cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinux_testlinux
> > cp System-map /boot/System_testlinux.map
> >
> > At this point, you've only to add this new data to Grub configuration
> > file.
> > I don't now if, after this addings, you have to execute some commands with
> > Grub. In the case of lilo, after the addings, you've to execute the
> > command
> > "lilo" to update system information about booting.
> >
> > Vincenzo Mallozzi.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday 10 August 2005 14:49, vidiyala prashanth wrote:
> > > i'm new to kernel and would like to work on modules/device drivers
> > > i have a dual boot system(win98 and linux 2.4.21-4.EL).
> > > i wanted a third option in my boot promp as "test linux".for this i made
> > a
> > copy of the original usr/src/linux 2.4.21-4.EL as usr/src/testlinux and
> > proceeded with the configure and compiling of this kernel and generated
> > the
> > bzimage and system.map.
> > > i have GRUB(0.9).since i already have the bzimage and system.map in my
> > /boot
> > folder for my original linux 2.4.21-4.EL , now how should i accomodate the
> > bzimage and system.map which i generated for testlinux in the same /boot
> > folder , so that i can have total 3 options in my grub.conf. what does
> > initrd
> > do?how should i generate it?
> > >
> > > the boot prompt originally looks like:
> > >
> > > linux 2.4.21-4.EL
> > > DOS
> > >
> > >
> > > now i want it to look like:
> > >
> > > linux 2.4.21-4.EL
> > > DOS
> > > testlinux
> > >
> > >
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