[ILUG] Fedora not getting after install Debian

Frank Duignan frank.duignan at gmail.com
Mon Aug 7 09:17:58 IST 2006


exact *error* message would help however shouldn't there be an initrd
statement for fedora?
On 8/7/06, Saju A P <mail2saju at gmail.com> wrote:
> My problem is not solved. Pls help me. Here I am attaching my fstab
> and menu.list
> Fstab entry on Debian Sarge
> # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda10      /               ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0       1
> /dev/hda9       none            swap    sw              0       0
> /dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> /dev/hda1       /disk1          vfat    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda6       /disk2          vfat    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda7       /disk3          vfat    defaults        0       0
> /dev/hda8       /disk4          ext3    defaults        0       0
>
> menu.list entry on Debian Sarge
>
> default         0
> color cyan/blue white/blue
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386
> root            (hd0,9)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda10 ro
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.27-2-386 (recovery mode)
> root            (hd0,9)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-386 root=/dev/hda10 ro single
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-386
> savedefault
> boot
>
> title           Other operating systems:
> root
>
> title           Windows NT/2000/XP (loader)
> root            (hd0,0)
> savedefault
> makeactive
> chainloader     +1
>
> title           Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) (on /dev/hda8)
> root            (hd0,7)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 root=/dev/hda8
> savedefault
> boot
>
> fstab entry on Fedora Core 5
>
> LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
> devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
> sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
> LABEL=SWAP-hda91        swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/hda1               /disk1                  vfat    defaults        0 0
>
>
> menu.list entry on Fedora Core 5
>
> default=0
> timeout=5
> splashimage=(hd0,7)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> hiddenmenu
> title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
>         root (hd0,7)
>         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
> title Windows
>         rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>         chainloader +1
>
>
>
> On 8/5/06, Timothy Murphy <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie> wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 August 2006 09:51, Saju A P wrote:
> > > I installed windows XP and Fedora Core 5 on my system. It was working
> > > properly but when I installed Debian sarge on my free partition I am
> > > not getting Fedora. When I try to load fedora it's reboot
> > > automatically I found some message something like SELinux on loading
> > > this so I try to update fedora but on that time It's showing this
> > > message.
> > > It contain two "/"(root label) first fix that problem and try again.
> > > Can I install Win XP, Fedora Core 5 and Debian sarge on one system?
> >
> > Yes, you can.
> >
> > It sounds to me (you should give the exact error message)
> > as though you may have two partitions with the same label.
> > If that is so you can either change one of the labels with e2label,
> > or you can alter /etc/grub.conf (and maybe /etc/fstab)
> > to use eg "root=/dev/hda3" instead of labels.
> >
> > If you want more advice, post your /etc/grub.conf and /etc/fstab .
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366
> > s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
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