The upgrade from FC5 to FC6 appeared to go OK at first and I was able
to log in and do a package update which had no problems. However after
I installed xen I can no longer boot; the system just reboots.
After some investigation I found that when I boot from the DVD in
rescue mode and run grub from the command line I get this:
# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7
The file /boot/device.map contains:
(hd0) /dev/hdi
(hd1) /dev/sda
hd1 is my Windows disk.
Parted shows me this:
# parted /dev/hdi
Model WDC WD1600JB-00FUA0 (ide)
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition table: msdos
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3KB 107MB 107MB Primary ext3 boot
2 107MB 160GB 160GB Primary lvm
I noticed from reading the grub manual
(http:\\www.gnu.org\software\grub\manual.htm#Features) that it does
not list ext3 as one of the supported filesystem types.
Is this my problem or is the manual not up-to-date? If this is the
problem how do I change the boot partition from ext3 to ext2 and how
did my FC5 system boot?
The other thing that looks odd to me is that the partition table is
msdos. Is this correct?
Answers to these questions or any other suggestions will be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Steve