Re: grub disaster with FC4 & XFS

[Fabrice Ferrero <fabriceferrero@xxxxxxx>]

Net Llama! a Ãcrit :

> Not sure if anyone is aware of this mess of a bug:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=160444
>
> Basically grub pukes all over itself when trying to interact with XFS 
> filesystems, resulting in an unbootable, or barely bootable FC4 
> installation.
>
> Any gurus here know of a solution?
>
> Yes, i know, this is really a FC/grub issue, but since its specific to 
> XFS, i thought someone might have run into it and found a workaround 
> and/or fix.
I don't know if it can help you, but I had this problem too, but I 
installed 3 workstations after this workaround.

- When the grub slpash screen appears, move the line to the selected 
kernel and edit the last options: replace "root=label=/"  by 
"root=/dev/hda1" (put the good slice corresponding to your / partition)
- Try booting like this
- If all is OK, I suggest you to modify /etc/grub.conf, and change this 
line to make it safe permanently.

And, for me, I hate the entries in /etc/fstab using label instead of the 
physical slice. So I replace them also.

Good luck.

FF