Development Team/Jhbuild: Difference between revisions
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* At the moment, with all LiveUSBs removed, I was able to boot into F17 only. I could not see any option to boot into F14. | * At the moment, with all LiveUSBs removed, I was able to boot into F17 only. I could not see any option to boot into F14. | ||
* Boot into F17. | * Boot into F17. | ||
* In one terminal, open the file "/etc/grub2.cfg" (in editable mode). The original contents should be on the lines of | * In one terminal, open the file "/etc/grub2.cfg" (in editable mode). The original contents should be on the lines of | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
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### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### | ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
* In another terminal, mount F14 on a directory. | * In another terminal, mount F14 on a directory. | ||
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-rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3696448 Oct 18 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 | -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 3696448 Oct 18 2010 vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
* Now, open the contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst" | * Now, open the contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst" | ||
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</pre> | </pre> | ||
* Now, in the originally opened "/etc/grub2.cfg", add the entry for boot-option for Fedora-14. | |||
* Now, in the originally opened "/etc/grub2.cfg", add the entry for boot-option for Fedora-14. Take note that | |||
** Replace the UUID, with the UUID of F14 partition (as seen from contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst". | ** Replace the UUID, with the UUID of F14 partition (as seen from contents of "qq/boot/grub/menu.lst". | ||
** The arguments to "initrd" | ** The arguments to "initrd" should of the initramfs of F14 (As seen from the output of '''ls qq/boot''' | ||
** | ** '''hd0,msdos5''' (corresponding to "/dev/sda5" for F17) is replaced by '''hd0,msdos6''' (corresponding to "/dev/sda6" for F14). | ||
** Finally, the command | ** Finally, the command '''kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet''' (as seen in '''qq/boot/grub/menu.lst''', used to boot up kernel vis F14's grub) is replaced by '''linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686 ro root=UUID=333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0 rd_NO_LUKS rd_NO_LVM rd_NO_MD rd_NO_DM LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 KEYBOARDTYPE=pc KEYTABLE=us rhgb quiet''' (in '''/etc/grub2.cfg''', since we intend to boot F14 via F17's grub2). | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
# | # | ||
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initrd /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686.img | initrd /boot/initramfs-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686.img | ||
} | } | ||
### [STARTS] OPTION TO ADD BOOT-UP OPTION FOR F14 ### | |||
menuentry 'Fedora Linux 14' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0' { | menuentry 'Fedora Linux 14' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-333b5104-4f4a-41d9-856a-c7802677bec0' { | ||
load_video | load_video | ||
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initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img | initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.i686.img | ||
} | } | ||
### [ENDS] OPTION TO ADD BOOT-UP OPTION FOR F14 ### | |||
submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' { | submenu 'Advanced options for Fedora Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' { | ||
menuentry 'Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' { | menuentry 'Fedora Linux, with Linux 3.3.4-5.fc17.i686' --class fedora --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.3.4-5.fc17.i686-advanced-1ff89cae-60bc-40fb-9e3c-e16e4850caa3' { | ||