Partitioning FC11 ??
Jim
mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jul 19 15:34:05 UTC 2009
On 07/18/2009 11:12 PM, Albert Graham wrote:
> On 07/18/2009 02:15 AM, Jim wrote:
>> My partition layout is
>>
>> sda1 ext3 /boot
>> sda2 ext4 /home
>> sda3 ext4 /
>> sda4 Extended
>> sda 5 Swap
>>
>> I want sda1 /boot to be my boot, why is it default selecting sda3 /
>> , in "Boot Loader Operating system list" ??
>>
>
> Use fdisk to partition your disk how you want it (i.e. boot into
> rescue mode first), then install FC11, it will not be able to swap
> things around :)
>
> There should be a be an option in Anaconda that says something like
> "Let fedora organize the disk layout" or "Let user organize the disk
> layout" (God forbid!)
>
> I cannot understand why you even have the option to create custom disk
> layout if it's simply going to try an out smart you when you're done.
>
> Albert.
>
Below is my /Grub/menulist file, Now that I have finnished installing.
My partition layout;
sda1 ext3 /boot
sda2 ext4 /home
sda3 ext4 /
sda4 Extended
sda 5 Swap
How can I edit to boot off of sda1 /boot , instead of sda3 / .
# 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 (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=0
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586 ro
root=UUID=992d6a7c-2f9a-4e6d-827a-79a37504bfbe rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586.img
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro
root=UUID=992d6a7c-2f9a-4e6d-827a-79a37504bfbe rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img
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