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bash# man grub bash# man grubby # (command line tool for configuring grub, lilo, and elilo) bash# man grub-install
Edit the file /etc/grub.conf to make entries for the new kernel. See the sample file below:
In Redhat Linux, during grub display, just type c for command-line option of GRUB:
To boot Linux do this: grub> help grub> root (hd1,1): Filesystem is type ext2fs, partition type 0x83 grub> root (hd1,0) grub> kernel / <Press-TAB-KEY> This will list all files grub> kernel /boot <Press-TAB-KEY> This will list all files in /boot grub> kernel /boot/vmlinuz grub> boot
See also the GRUB Manual . To boot MS Windows 95/2000 etc do this: If you want to boot an unsupported operating system (e.g. Windows 95), chain-load a boot loader for the operating system. Normally, the boot loader is embedded in the boot sector of the partition on which the operating system is installed.
grub> help grub> help rootnoverify grub> rootnoverify (hd0,0) grub> makeactive grub> chainloader +1 grub> boot
# grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,8) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda9 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda # By default boot the second entry default=1 # Fallback to the first entry. fallback 0 # Boot automatically after 2 minutes timeout=120 splashimage=(hd0,8)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Windows 2000 unhide (hd0,0) hide (hd0,1) hide (hd0,2) rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 makeactive title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-19.8.0.19mar2003) root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/bzImage.2.4.18-19.8.0.19mar2003 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0custom.img.19mar03 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-19.8.0custom) root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-19.8.0custom ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0custom.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14) root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img title MyKernel.26jan03 (Red Hat Linux 2.4.18-14) root (hd0,8) kernel /boot/bzImage.myker.26jan03 ro root=LABEL=/ hdd=ide-scsi initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-19.8.0.img title Windows 98 hide (hd0,0) hide (hd0,1) unhide (hd0,2) rootnoverify (hd0,2) chainloader +1 makeactive title DOS 6.22 hide (hd0,0) unhide (hd0,1) hide (hd0,2) rootnoverify (hd0,1) chainloader +1 makeactive title Partition 2 (floppy) hide (hd0,0) unhide (hd0,1) hide (hd0,2) chainloader (fd0)+1 title Partition 3 (floppy) hide (hd0,0) hide (hd0,1) unhide (hd0,2) chainloader (fd0)+1