From: Amin <raihan@citech-bd.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Questions on GRUB and RH7.2
Date: Mon, 02 Jun 2003 19:30:17 +0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1157.1054560617@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from cr <cr@orcon.net.nz> of "Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:02:57 +1200." <200306020907.h5297J1Y027705@dbmail-mx3.orcon.co.nz>
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003 09:02:57 +1200, cr wrote:
> Can any kind person give some info on the following:
>
> I don't seem to have a 'initrd' file - does it matter?
It does if you load a SCSI module at boot time, according to
the Red Hat Linux Customization Guide. You can browse this
and other manuals:
http://www.redhat.com/support/resources/howto/rhl72.html
If you decide you need one, look for mkinitrd(8). The man
page says:
mkinitrd - creates initial ramdisk images for preloading
modules
> I'm not quite sure how to address DOS. If anyone has a dual boot Linux/DOS
> setup, the contents of their /boot/grub/grub.conf or menu.lst files
> would maybe give a guide.
############################################################
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making
# changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to
# /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,2)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda6
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14Apr06_2003)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14Apr06_2003 ro
root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14Apr06_2003.img
title DOS
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
############################################################
My partition layout is like this:
DOS/Windows C: is hda1
Linux /boot is hda3
DOS/Windows D: is hda5
Linux / is hda6
hda5 and hda6 are logical partitions within hda2, which is
an extended partition. I know, a killer layout! I was
desperate to get Linux on my computer then, somehow :-).
So, the gub.conf says to load DOS from (hd0,0), which is
hda1. I'm a little foggy as to what the `rootnoverify'
does, but I'm sure it's all in the GRUB info file.
HTH,
Yawar Amin
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2003-06-02 21:02 ` Questions on GRUB and RH7.2 cr
2003-06-02 13:30 ` Amin [this message]
2003-06-04 21:45 ` cr
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