[svlug] Grub2 dual boot Linux

[Michael Eager]

The old root partition is on an LVM, so that doesn't seem to be the issue.

I'll try booting with /bin/sh.

On 11/03/2015 02:47 PM, kevin dankwardt wrote:
> I am wondering if because your new root partition is LVM that is causing an issue since it's not
> just a simple device file with a simple filesystem. Perhaps booting with rdinit=/bin/sh and seeing
> if you can mount the F22 RFS may be a clue.
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Sarah Newman <newmans at sonic.net <mailto:newmans at sonic.net>> wrote:
>
>     The kernel and initramfs for fedora 22 should be located where fedora 22 is going to update
>     them, not manually copied. If you must have separate /boot
>     partitions, maybe try chain-loading the config file with the configfile directive. You may have
>     to manually fix the "set root=" directive.
>
>     Have you tried booting by label or partition instead of UUID?
>
>     On 11/03/2015 01:47 PM, Michael Eager wrote:
>     > I installed a new SSD in my workstation and installed
>     > Fedora 22 on the new drive from a Fedora Live DVD.  The new
>     > SSD has a separate /boot partition and the root partition is in an LVM.
>     >
>     > When I reboot, the workstation boots back to the old Fedora 18
>     > system, with no menu entry for the new F22 system.  I ran
>     > grub2-install and it updated grub2.cfg with the F22 install,
>     > using os-prober.  I did have to update device.map to include
>     > both the boot drive (hd0,/dev/sda) and the new SSD (hd2,/dev/sdc).
>     > I also copied the initrd and vmlinux from the new SSD /boot
>     > partition to the original /boot partition.
>     >
>     > When I try to boot F22, it mounts a partition from a different
>     > LVM on a different disk (/dev/sdb) as /sysroot and then dies
>     > in switch-root because it doesn't contain root file system.
>     > I've checked the UUIDs in grub2.cfg and they all seem correct.
>     >
>     > I also tried to create a chainloader, but that fails complaining
>     > about an invalid checksum.
>     >
>     > Does anyone have an idea what is going on or how to get
>     > grub2 configured correctly?  Or how to install a second Linux
>     > distro in a way which works?
>     >
>
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