Subject: Re: Amazing problem of /boot

[Parshwa Murdia]

yes, i only removed that extra 'c' from the /etc/fstab file and now
automatically the /boot contents are there. But a new problem is now there
which is:

There are three titles sections coming automatically while rebooting and in
/grub/grub.conf, for fedora 11, it showing two options and while logging in
to any one i come to the same desktop. here is the output of /etc/fstab:

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Mon Jun  7 06:08:04 2010
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or vol_id(8) for more info
#
UUID=a1198e23-8da4-47c4-90f1-
d516fef0b796 /boot                   ext3
defaults,noatime,nodiratime        1 2
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root /                       ext4
defaults,noatime,nodiratime        1 1
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_swap swap                    swap
defaults,noatime,nodiratime        0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs
defaults,noatime,nodiratime        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts
gid=5,mode=620        0 0
#devpts options modified by setup update to fix #515521 ugly way
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs
defaults,noatime,nodiratime        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc
defaults,noatime,nodiratime        0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0
tmpfs /var/tmp tmpfs defaults 0 0

and i removed the extra 'c' which was there in the 8th line just after 1 2.
now the output of df yields:

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
                      95846180   3345380  91528212   4% /
/dev/sda8               198333     22204    165890  12% /boot
tmpfs                  1025444       840   1024604   1% /dev/shm
tmpfs                  1025444      3092   1022352   1% /tmp
tmpfs                  1025444         0   1025444   0% /var/tmp

and the output of /boot/grub/grub.conf (which now is there) 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 (hd0,7)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=9
splashimage=(hd0,7)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586)
    password --md5 $........................................./
    lock
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586 ro
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rhgb quiet
    initrd /initrd-2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586.img
title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586)
    password --md5 $........................................./
    lock
    root (hd0,7)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro
root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup-lv_root rhgb quiet
    initrd /initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img
title WinXP
    password --md5 $1$TFSQc/$RRcN/fhyzqi/YMHaOgEeA1
    lock
    rootnoverify (hd0,0)
    chainloader +1

Here, after updating the system (from the GUI,
System---->Administration--->Software Update), i see in above two titles of
Fedora, and why it is so? but the no. is bracket for two are different,
respectively:

'title Fedora (2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586)'
'title Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586)'

i am confused why it is so.

thx

---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au>
> To: Community support for Fedora users <users at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 00:37:56 +0930
> Subject: Re: Amazing problem of /boot
> On Sat, 2010-06-12 at 17:59 +0530, W.H. Kalpa Pathum wrote:
> > As I know fstab only shows the mounted partitions.
>
> fstab holds the mount points for things that will be mounted, they may
> be, they may not be, but it tables where they will be, and how (unless
> the mounting function specifies different options).
>
> mtab shows the current mount points.
>
--
> [tim at localhost ~]$ uname -r
> 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686
>
> Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
> read messages from the public lists.
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