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RH 8.0 boot problem...
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| Arif Ali 2004-02-03, 3:34 pm |
| hi..
i'm having Fedora Core 1 on /dev/hda5, Redhat 8.0 on /dev/hda2 , swap
on /dev/hda3 & Windows XP on /dev/hda1.
i can quite easily boot into XP & Fedora but when i try to boot in to
Redhat 8.0 .....i get the following error at the grub prompt :
Booting ' Redhat linux 8.0'
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
chainloader +1
Error 13 : Invalid or unsupported executable format.
i'd installed RH8.0 first & then Fedora Core 1.
pls tell me what is the problem & how to get rid of it & boot into
Redhat 8.0?
thankx.
Ali.
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| On 3 Feb 2004 21:11:37 -0800,
aru_comfy@yahoo.com (Arif Ali) wrote:
quote:
> i'm having Fedora Core 1 on /dev/hda5, Redhat 8.0 on /dev/hda2 , swap
> on /dev/hda3 & Windows XP on /dev/hda1.
> i can quite easily boot into XP & Fedora but when i try to boot in to
> Redhat 8.0 .....i get the following error at the grub prompt :
>
> Booting ' Redhat linux 8.0'
> rootnoverify (hd0,1)
> chainloader +1
> Error 13 : Invalid or unsupported executable format.
>
> i'd installed RH8.0 first & then Fedora Core 1.
"chainloader +1" is the technique used for booting something like
Windows. Try copying the syntax of another Linux installation in your
grub.conf. For example:
title Red Hat 8.0 Linux
root (hd0,1)
kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda2
initrd /initrd
The root (hd0,1) points at the root directory for the /boot partition
that contains the kernel and initrd files. Ensure you've got it set for
yours. It should be possible to have a common /boot partition for both
versions of Linux (if you're careful).
The root=/dev/hda2 details are for the system root partition for that
version of Linux (the / for Red Hat 8.0 Linux), set it correctly for
your system.
Change the vmlinuz and initrd details to suit the specific version you
want to load (by default, there's a symlink from "vmlinuz" to the latest
installation, but I've not seen the same done with initrd). Look in
your /boot partition to find those files, and pick the versions you want
to refer to.
If your Fedora details have things like hdc=ide-scsi, or apm=off, etc.,
written on the kernel line, then you might want to write the same
details on to your Red Hat 8.0 Linux kernel line.
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