[CentOS] grub-install

Hello Everyone, I am a newbie. When I try to install GRUB2 on centos 5.2 system, I get following error. centos5: grub-install /dev/sda //sbin/grub-setup: warn: This GPT partition label has no BIOS Boot Partition; embedding won't be possible!. //sbin/grub-setup: warn: Embedding is not possible.

[CentOS] Grub legacy on Centos 7

Hello Everyone, We have centos6 server. And we are planning to upgrade it to Centos7.And GRUB 2 needs a new bios grub partition. Creating a new partition is too much risky. I am wondering if it is possible to replace Grub2 with Grub legacy on Centos7 machine? Thanks!! Sachin

[CentOS] Centos7 Kernel Panic

Hello Everyone, I have prepared following isolinux.cfg. default linux label linux kernel /vmlinuz append initrd=/initrd.gz But kernel panics with the standard message 'Kernel panic - not syncing: No init found'. Linux kernel version is 3.10. I tried to read the init.txt too.But could not fi

Re: [CentOS] Centos7 Kernel Panic

Guys, I am a newbie. I am trying to load kernel from a DVD. How do I figure out where my root filesystem mounted ? Thanks Sachin On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 08/19/2015 11:20 AM, Sachin Gupta wrote: > >> I have prepared following isolinux.cfg. &

Re: [CentOS] Grub legacy on Centos 7

ed, Aug 19, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Ian Pilcher wrote: > On 08/16/2015 04:18 PM, Sachin Gupta wrote: > >> We have centos6 server. And we are planning to upgrade it to Centos7.And >> GRUB 2 needs a new bios grub partition. Creating a new partition is too >> much risky. I am wond

[CentOS] grub.conf

Hello Everyone, My grub.conf is as following. title Linux Init Break kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 ro rootwait break=y initrd /initrd.gz What I expect is by adding *break=y* to cmdline, init will pause early in the boot process and launch an interactive sh shell which can be used for troubles

Re: [CentOS] grub.conf

Thanks for reply. I replaced break=y with init=/bin/sh. In that case case system just hangs with the following message. "Freeing unused kernel memory : 400k freed". Thanks!! Sachin On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Barry Brimer wrote: > My grub.conf is as following. >> >> title Linux Init Brea

Re: [CentOS] grub.conf

Thank you so much!!! It worked. On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Barry Brimer wrote: > Thanks for reply. >> >> I replaced break=y with init=/bin/sh. >> In that case case system just hangs with the following message. >> "Freeing unused kernel memory : 400k freed". >> >> Thanks!! >> Sachin >> >> O

Re: [CentOS] grub.conf

Sachin On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:24 PM, Barry Brimer wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Aug 2015, Sachin Gupta wrote: > > Thank you so much!!! >> It worked. >> >> On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:04 PM, Barry Brimer wrote: >> >> Thanks for reply. >>> >>>