hi,
So I built a new kernel for my RH9 machine.
In grub.conf there must be a line for it like

keernel   ....... ro root=/dev/had1

or something like that.

How do I find out, what must be behind "root=" ?

The original kernel has roor=/LABEL=/


but that does not work for the new kernel .


frgr
Erik

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quote:

> hi,
> So I built a new kernel for my RH9 machine.
> In grub.conf there must be a line for it like
>
> keernel   ....... ro root=/dev/had1
>
> or something like that.
>
> How do I find out, what must be behind "root=" ?
>
> The original kernel has roor=/LABEL=/
>
>
> but that does not work for the new kernel .
>
>
> frgr
> Erik


Erik,


The /dev/hda1 or something like it is the partition that contains the /
filesystem, it can be found in /etc/fstab or by the df command.


Regards,


Jan Gerrit Kootstra

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On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:54:06 +0100,  wrote:
quote:

> So I built a new kernel for my RH9 machine.
> In grub.conf there must be a line for it like



If you haven't screwed something up "make install" should add the entry to
grub for you. (in addition to copying the kernel to the right place)

--
NPV

"the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away"
Tom Waits - Step right up

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:32:11 GMT, the right honourable Nils Petter
Vaskinn <no@spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
quote:

>On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 22:54:06 +0100,  wrote:
> 
>
>
>If you haven't screwed something up "make install" should add the entry to
>grub for you. (in addition to copying the kernel to the right place)


make install is not exclusively for lilo ?
I got that impression from the howto's...

does it edit grub.conf too ?

I use grub.

frgr
Erik

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On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:28:11 +0100,  wrote:
quote:

> make install is not exclusively for lilo ? I got that impression from
> the howto's...
>
> does it edit grub.conf too ?


Mine does.

It does for the kernel sources from redhat, I don't know for certain if it
does for kernel.org kernels though, but I believe it does.

Your faq may be outdated, or if this is a redhatism it may be a general
one.

--
NPV

"the large print giveth, and the small print taketh away"
Tom Waits - Step right up

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On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:49:44 GMT, Nils Petter Vaskinn
<no@spam.for.me.invalid> wrote:
quote:

> On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:28:11 +0100,  wrote:
> 
>
> Mine does.
>
> It does for the kernel sources from redhat, I don't know for certain if
> it
> does for kernel.org kernels though, but I believe it does.
>
> Your faq may be outdated, or if this is a redhatism it may be a general
> one.
>



Make install works on linux-2.4.23 from www.kernel.org.Thats the only
kernel i have tried make install on
so i dont know if its working on older 2.4 kernels.

Tom

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