SOLVED - Two Pclos versions installed but can only boot one of them

[Maurice]

Back to this problem again.  I enclose pics of my menu.lst and Gparted. I can boot into Minime1 on sda2 but not into PcLinuxos in sda3. I would like to boot into both. From these pics is it possible for someone to tell me what is wrong with the stanza for Pclos in sda3? My grateful thanks, as always, for your help.

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[Maurice]

Sorry - haven't got the hang of uploading pics yet.    Will have another go.

[Maurice]

This is much better. I'll repeat the problem so that the mods can delete the first port

Here picspics of my menu.lst and Gparted. I can boot into Minime1 on sda2 but not into PcLinuxos in sda3. I would like to boot into both. From these pics is it possible for someone to tell me what is wrong with the stanza for Pclos in sda3? My grateful thanks, as always, for your help.

[ternor]

Try a better host: http://postimage.org/my.php

Or quote the contents of menu.lst

[Maurice]

Thanks for that ternor. It took me hours to get those pics on to the forum and I never even thought of quoting the menu.lst. I'll try that link too as picoodle is not very intuitive.

[Old-Polack]

Thanks for that ternor. It took me hours to get those pics on to the forum and I never even thought of quoting the menu.lst. I'll try that link too as picoodle is not very intuitive.

To post an image, follow the instructions here. If you register, and log in, you can create full galleries of all your uploaded screen shots, and be able to re post them at any time in the future, if needed. If you click on any of the screen shots, you'll be taken to the image upload page, in a new tab of your browser.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,108185.msg924497.html#msg924497

[Maurice]

To post an image, follow the instructions here. If you register, and log in, you can create full galleries of all your uploaded screen shots, and be able to re post them at any time in the future, if needed. If you click on any of the screen shots, you'll be taken to the image upload page, in a new tab of your browser.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,108185.msg924497.html#msg924497

Thanks o-p. I did a search but didn't find that. 

[menotu]

Another useful image/file hosting site is minus.com

Like  postimage it can accept images directly from other web pages or uploaded from  a PC.

It also has the ability to tweak images using the following tools

[Maurice]

Another useful image/file hosting site is minus.com

Like  postimage it can accept images directly from other web pages or uploaded from  a PC.

It also has the ability to tweak images using the following tools

Thanks menotu, o-p and ternor for these hosting site links but I'm really more interested in the real problem of booting into both my Pcloses.  

[Old-Polack]

Another useful image/file hosting site is minus.com

Like  postimage it can accept images directly from other web pages or uploaded from  a PC.

It also has the ability to tweak images using the following tools

Thanks menotu, o-p and ternor for these hosting site links but I'm really more interested in the real problem of booting into both my Pcloses.  

So are we, which is why we want to see the screen shots. 

[Maurice]

Another useful image/file hosting site is minus.com

Like  postimage it can accept images directly from other web pages or uploaded from  a PC.

It also has the ability to tweak images using the following tools

Thanks menotu, o-p and ternor for these hosting site links but I'm really more interested in the real problem of booting into both my Pcloses.  

So are we, which is why we want to see the screen shots. 

But they are up there in my third post. They show on my thread - are they not showing up on yours?

[Old-Polack]

Another useful image/file hosting site is minus.com

Like  postimage it can accept images directly from other web pages or uploaded from  a PC.

It also has the ability to tweak images using the following tools

Thanks menotu, o-p and ternor for these hosting site links but I'm really more interested in the real problem of booting into both my Pcloses.  

So are we, which is why we want to see the screen shots.  

But they are up there in my third post. They show on my thread - are they not showing up on yours?

What I see are two very tiny black rectangles that say "IMAGE HAS BEEN MODIFIED OR DELETED" all in caps.

[Maurice]

Well, well - on my 3rd post they show beautifully.

Anyway here is my menu.lst. In the meantime I'll try and get a pic of my gparted from minus.com.

My problem agaain.......

I can boot into Minime1 on sda2 but not into PcLinuxos in sda3. I would like to boot into both. From these pics is it possible for someone to tell me what is wrong with the stanza for Pclos in sda3? My grateful thanks, as always, for your help.

timeout 3
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda2 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img
boot

title windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title       linux (on /dev/sda3)
kernel       (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda3 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd       (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img


title      linux (on /dev/sda3)
root      (hd0,2)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda2 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd      (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot

[Old-Polack]

Well, well - on my 3rd post they show beautifully.

Anyway here is my menu.lst. In the meantime I'll try and get a pic of my gparted from minus.com.

My problem agaain.......

I can boot into Minime1 on sda2 but not into PcLinuxos in sda3. I would like to boot into both. From these pics is it possible for someone to tell me what is wrong with the stanza for Pclos in sda3? My grateful thanks, as always, for your help.

timeout 3
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,1)/boot/gfxmenu
default 0

title linux
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda2 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img
boot

title windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

title       linux (on /dev/sda3)
kernel       (hd0,2)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda3 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd       (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img


title      linux (on /dev/sda3)
root      (hd0,2)
kernel      /boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda2 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd      (hd0,2)/boot/initrd.img
savedefault
boot

You have two stanzas for /dev/sda3 installation, but the second calls for root to be /dev/sda2. Other than that, the first one should work, assuming you actually have the links vmlinuz and initrd.img, and they are actually pointing to a legitimate kernel and a legitimate initrd image.

You say you can't boot into the second PCLinuxOS, but you don't say what actually happens, ie error messages and such.

As a test, copy/paste this stanza in your menu,lst.

title TEST Stanza
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda3 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img

All it does is load the kernel and initrd from the working MiniMe, while using the / partition of the other installation. You might get a minute's delay in booting, due to the way the initrd images are now made. If it does eventually boot, in a terminal, as root, run the command;

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/fstab                            <Enter>

Post your results.

If you get an error message, and the second installation does not boot, report the exact error message.

[Maurice]

You have two stanzas for /dev/sda3 installation, but the second calls for root to be /dev/sda2. Other than that, the first one should work, assuming you actually have the links vmlinuz and initrd.img, and they are actually pointing to a legitimate kernel and a legitimate initrd image.

You say you can't boot into the second PCLinuxOS, but you don't say what actually happens, ie error messages and such.

As a test, copy/paste this stanza in your menu,lst.

title TEST Stanza
kernel (hd0,1)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux root=/dev/sda3 quiet nokmsboot vmalloc=256M acpi=on vga=788
initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img

All it does is load the kernel and initrd from the working MiniMe, while using the / partition of the other installation. You might get a minute's delay in booting, due to the way the initrd images are now made. If it does eventually boot, in a terminal, as root, run the command;

[root@localhost ~]# cat /etc/fstab                            <Enter>

Post your results.

If you get an error message, and the second installation does not boot, report the exact error message.

Ran the test stanza but it failed to boot --  too long a message to copy but the gist of it was...

mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sys/root as ext2: invalid argument
cannot open file delete
mount: error mounting /dev/root on /sys/root as ext2: invalid argument
kernel panic not syncing. Attempted to kill init

And it hung with the Num lock and Caps lock lights flashing. I had to reset to reboot.