grub.conf info

[Rick Sivernell]

On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:10:14 -0700
Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:

> Rick Sivernell wrote:
> 
> >current grub.conf file
> >default 0
> >timeout 10s
> >splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> >
> >root (hd0,0)
> >
> >title=Rick Sivernell Laptop using Gentoo for SoftWare Development 2.6.7 kernel
> >
> >kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/ram0
> >init=/l inuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=verbose
> >initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.7-gentoo-r6
> >
> ># above is what is now
> ># if I add the below will that give me the choice of kernel's
> >
> >title=Rick Sivernell Laptop using Gentoo for SoftWare Development 2.4.26
> >kernel
> >
> >kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3 root=/dev/ram0
> >init=/l inuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317 splash=verbose
> >initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.26-gentoo-r6
> >
> >
> >  
> >
> 
> If both kernels, names exactly as you show, are present, they should 
> both be available. But I don't use gentoo, and my grub stanzas don't 
> resemble those. Here is one:
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-1-k7
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-k7 root=/dev/hda2 ro
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-k7
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.8-1-k7 (recovery mode)
> root            (hd0,1)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-k7 root=/dev/hda2 ro single
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-1-k7
> savedefault
> boot
> 
> 
> -- 
> ken
> 
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Thanks ken, just making sure. Gentoo is different.
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Rick Sivernell
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