Jan Newmarch said: >Hi > >I used to use lilo quite happily, but now have to use grub since lilo >is not in Fedora. There seems to be a lack of doco in changing up >grub.conf - at least, I can't seem to get it right. So, in >/usr/src/linux, I run make, copy bzImage to /boot, run "make >modules_install" and then modify /boot/grub/grub.conf. I add the new >entry, and get severely stuck on "initrd". If I omit that line, I get a >"kernel panic". If I copy the old initrd.img, I get a "kernel panic" (a >different one). If I try to build a new one using mkinitrd, I get a >"kernel panic" (another one). Is grub my problem, or is it just a blind >for a different one? > Hi Jan, Rather than copying bzImage around the place how about make && make modules_install && make install or make help to see the full list of options, which from memory you can make an rpm package which you can then rpm -Uvh taking care of grub.conf or menu.lst or whatever the relevant file is.
Actually 'make help' is proabably the best bit of advice there. Grub is way funky by the way. Drop to a shell and boot any kernel you have on your system, update which you want on the menu without having to 're-run' AND you can have a wicked cool photo background (something like tux with a BFG-9000 and the slogan 'Born to Frag' is nice) -- Kind regards, Hal Ashburner -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
