On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 07:25:39PM -0800, Aldo Foot wrote: > > Hello, > > I have a box to dual boot Win2k and RedHat9. The PC has two HDDs, > Win2k installed in the master HDD (hda) and LINUX in the slave > disk (hdb1). The system boots with GRUB. > > I'm currently running on kernel 2.4.20-6 but wanted to > upgrade to 2.6.10. The kernel compiled and all the appropriate > files were created and set in place. > Please see at the end of message for files listed in /boot. > > I thought this grub problem would be fixed in 2.6.10, but is not. > Unfortunately I cannot switch to lilo because the RH install is in the > second disk and I get an error when running /bin/lilo. That should not be happening. Lilo should be runnable. Just how are you trying to run it? See below the lilo boot block should be put on /dev/hda. > Any ideas will be appreciated. Thanks in advanced. > > -af > > ========================================================================= > DETAILS > > In the grub.conf file I have entries for the original kernel 2.4.20-6 and > for win2k, and they both boot fine, and an entry for the new kernwl 2.6.10. > > My grub.conf looks like this: > > #boot=/dev/hdb1 > default=1 > timeout=10 > splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title RH26 > root (hd1,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi > initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.10.img > title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-6) > root (hd1,0) > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-6 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-6.img > title DOS > rootnoverify (hd0,0) > chainloader +1 > ......................... > > My problem is when tryng to boot with kernel 2.6.10, The system hangs > with this message: > > Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found. Try passing init= option to > kernel > > So I booted with a floppy and did this > boot: linux init=/sbin/init root=/dev/hdb1 <enter> > This error almost always results when the kernel and initrd file is not on the device that the fstab says it is on. I can't see why the two kernels would be different in the regard but is /dev/hdb1 called LABEL=/ in the fstab? Just as in lilo did you put the grub boot blocks on /hda, Like: grub-install /dev/hda > But got the same error. What am I missing? > > ........ > Things I've tried > -o- created fresh initrd.img: done the mkinitrd -f -v > initrd-kernelversion.img kernelversion > -o- create new boot floppy: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.6.10 > -o- tried /bin/lilo to replace grub, but got error > "Warning: /dev/hdb1 is not on the first disk > Fatal : sector 20196056 too large for linear mode (try 'lba32'instead) Why did you not put the lilo boot block on /dev/hda? > -- ======================================================================= QOTD: "I thought I saw a unicorn on the way over, but it was just a horse with one of the horns broken off." ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
