Re: [SOLVED] Re: Why does not update-grub detect Fedora 13 installation?

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 12:37 AM, H.S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/07/10 03:07 PM, H.S. wrote:
>>
>> Curiously though, update-grub is now detecting Fedora 13! It was not
>
> Well, I wrote that too soon.
>
> Here is what update-grub puts in /boot/grub
> /grub.cfg regarding the Fedora 13 installation:
> #######################################################
> menuentry "Fedora release 13 (Goddard) (on /dev/mapper/vg1-lv8)" {
>        insmod part_msdos
>        insmod ext2
>        set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
>        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> b40b5b7f-6999-4a12-9d3b-62e0fc892a40
>        linux /vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/dm-1
> }
> #######################################################
>
> It is missing the initrd line. Without that line the kernel does not
> boot and panics and halts.
>
> I have to put the correct stanza myself in /etc/grub.d/40_custom to get
> the correct grub entry which works:
> #######################################################
> menuentry "Fedora release 13 (on /dev/mapper/vg1-lv8)" {
>        insmod part_msdos
>        insmod ext4
>        set root='(hd0,msdos5)'
>        search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> b40b5b7f-6999-4a12-9d3b-62e0fc892a40
>        linux /vmlinuz-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/vg1-lv8
> ro quiet
>        initrd  /initramfs-2.6.33.6-147.fc13.x86_64.img
>        boot
> }
> #######################################################
>
> So there still appears to be some problem somewhere.

Yes. The Fedora/RHEL initrd names are not recognized by Debian/Ubuntu's grub...