cannot boot to F14

[Michael Hennebry]

On Fri, 24 Jun 2011, jackson byers wrote:

>> I messed up installing F14 and don't know how to fix it.
>> What I had planned to do was reuse a /boot partition and put the rest
>> in a single new partition I had already created for the purpose.
>> I forgot about the /boot partition and I think I told it the
>> wrong thing when it asked where to put the bootloader.confusing "reuse
> /boot partition"
> --meaning trying to reuse f13 /boot partition?

Exactly.
I'd told it to use just one partition.

> your f14 looks like it doesnt have a /boot partition,
> instead a /boot dir under sdb9.
> Is that consistent with f14 /etc/fstab (nothing listed for /boot) ?

Yes.

> That /boot directory also isnt consistent with "reusing f13 /boot partition"

That was the first part of messing up.

> If your entire problem is your messing up where to install the bootloader
> just redo it:
>
> from your f13, with your f14 sdb9 unmounted,
> or booting from a knoppix cd..
>
> I think the following will work:
>
> # grub>
> root (hd1,8)
> setup (hd1,8)
> quit
>
> this should install the bootloader on 1st sector of sdb9
> reboot,
> see if f14 boots

I will report.

Thanks.

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Michael   hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu
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