compiling FC2 kernel

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You want it to be your "root drive"  which is '/'

So, in your case

kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5

would be correct.



> abhijit kumar (kumarabhijit at gmail.com) composed today:

> sir!
>   perahaps i was n't able to express my requirements by the above
> mail(sorry for that). i want to edit boot loader configuration for
> loading my own kernel. for this i have to edit the following  line :--
>  kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>
> like some "kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5". but i don't
> know what i should write in place of LABEL. i.e. /dev/hda2 , /dev/hda3
> or /dev/hda5.
>
>                      so; kindly read the following files and suggest
> me what should i do.
>
> My Grub.conf file is :--
>
> # grub.conf generated by anaconda
> #
> # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
> # NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
> #          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
> #          root (hd0,2)
> #          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
> #          initrd /initrd-version.img
> #boot=/dev/hda
> default=1
> timeout=10
> splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> title Fedora Core (2.6.5-1.358)
>       root (hd0,2)
>       kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
>       initrd /initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
> title Other
>       rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>       chainloader +1
>
> My /etc/fstab file  is :--
>
> LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
> LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
> none                    /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
> none                    /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
> none                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
> none                    /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
> /dev/hda6               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
> /dev/cdrom              /mnt/cdrom              udf,iso9660
> noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0
> /dev/fd0                /mnt/floppy             auto    noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0
>
> df -a output is :--
>
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5             25395572   7120984  16984552  30% /
> none                         0         0         0   -  /proc
> none                         0         0         0   -  /sys
> none                         0         0         0   -  /dev/pts
> usbdevfs                     0         0         0   -  /proc/bus/usb
> /dev/hda3                99075      7320     86640   8% /boot
> none                    254168         0    254168   0% /dev/shm
> sunrpc                       0         0         0   -  /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs
>
>
>
> As, you want to know about what parameters i am going to change? i 'm
> going to change the "sched.c"  parameters.
>
>
> hoping for quick reply.
>
>
> Abhijit
>
> On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 16:59:35 +0000, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
>> abhijit kumar wrote:
>>> dear all!
>>>     i want to edit bootloader configuration for my kernel. i do n't
>>> understand how to modify the grub.conf file.
>>
>> This is very straightforward to do and you do not need to recompile the
>> kernel. What kernel parameter(s) do you want to set?
>>
>> Paul.
>>
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>
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