Bugzilla – Bug 114451
Cannot configure bootloader for booting kernels from other partitions during installation
Last modified: 2005-09-02 07:34:04 UTC
When configuring grub I want to add the kernel of another partition (e.g. a SL9.3 partition) that hasn't been automatically detected. Example: I install on /dev/hda6, I want to add a kernel from /dev/hda7. I can only change the root of the configuration, but not the kernel location. I.e. the grub configuration will look like this: root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 ... initrd /boot/initrd ... instead of root (hd0,6). The according overview line in the grub configuration screen will look like (/dev/hda6, root=/dev/hda7). I can change this in the config file, but I'm missing a configuration field for the partition the kernel is located on (or the root partition should be used for that, not the current boot partition).
well, this is the lowlight of the changed dialog design - you add paths in your system. You have two ways to do it: 1. Mount the other partition somewhere and add the kernel/initrd as eg. /mnt/boot/vmlinuz 2. Add the kernel/initrd in the GRUB syntax (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz for /dev/hda7