grub 2: "error: You need to load the kernel first"

Goh Lip g.lip at gmx.com
Sun Nov 1 17:30:48 UTC 2009


Goh Lip wrote:
> Colin Brace wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've just installed 9.10 along side F11 on a laptop.
>>
>> When I boot, both the Ubuntu and Fedora installations are shown in grub.
>>
>> However, when I try to boot the latter, I get an error message: "error: You
>> need to load the kernel first" 
>>
>> Here is the relevant section in grub.cfg:
>>
>> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>> menuentry "Fedora (2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586) (on /dev/sda2)" {
>>         insmod ext2
>>         set root=(hd0,2)
>>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
>> 5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7
>>         linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 ro
>> root=UUID=5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7 rhgb resume=/dev/sda3
>>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586.img
>> }
>> menuentry "Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586) (on /dev/sda2)" {
>>         insmod ext2
>>         set root=(hd0,2)
>>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
>> 5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7
>>         linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro
>> root=UUID=5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7 resume=/dev/sda3 rhgb
>>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img
>> }
>> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
>>
>> The above entries were generated automatically. The Fedora boot is on sda1,
>> root is sd2. 
>>
>> Any ideas about what is going on here?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> -----
>>   Colin Brace
>>   Amsterdam
>>   http://lim.nl
> 
> Try changing
> set root=(hd0,2)
> 
> to
> set root=(hd0,1)
> 
> Regards,
> Goh Lip

Sorry, need to add ...
change also UUID to sda1 UUID too.

ps> what's on sda3?





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