fc5/ubuntu dual trouble

[GRobinT]

Hello all, I have searched this forum, and others since yesterday...all things that I have tried have been in vain. Keeping in mind, I just installed this distro last night so if a reinstall is necessary I will not mind. There are other issues...like the no shutdown, but this one is more important to me. Boots to ubuntu just fine...trying fc5 is a hold nother ball of wax. I have posted the fdisk and menu.lst, any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Disk /dev/hda: 13.6 GB, 13613064192 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1655 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1655 13189365 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/hdb: 6448 MB, 6448619520 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 784 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 1 248 1992028+ b W95 FAT32
/dev/hdb2 * 249 757 4088542+ 83 Linux
/dev/hdb3 758 784 216877+ 5 Extended
/dev/hdb5 758 784 216846 82 Linux swap / Solaris

## ## End Default Options ##

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-12-Lion
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-12-generic root=/dev/hdb2 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-12-generic
quiet
boot

title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-12-Lion (recovery mode)
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-12-generic root=/dev/hdb2 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-12-generic
boot

#title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
#root (hd1,1)
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hdb2 ro quiet splash
#initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
#quiet
#savedefault
#boot

#title Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic (recovery mode)
#root (hd1,1)
#kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hdb2 ro single
#initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
#boot

title Ubuntu, memtest86+
root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
boot

title Fedora Core 5
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.20-1.2319.fc5.img
quiet
boot

I have tried moving FC5 to the top, using chainloader +1, and a variety of other options I have found. The most I can get with the current system is file no found. Another way, starts the boot for fc5 then kernel panic (sort the state I'm in now!)....one of the other erros mount: could not find filesystem '/dev/root' and unable to access resume device (/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol01) when I have LogVol00. Anyway...thank you for reading thru this post in order to try and assist a noobie in times of need.

[saikee]

Your Grub menu shows
title Fedora Core 5
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.20-1.2319.fc5.img
quiet
boot
but you disk shows
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 13 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 14 1655 13189365 8e Linux LVM

I think the "root=" should be partition with "/" and that should be inside your LVM. Youre hda1, which is (hd0,0) to Grub, has only the kernel and initrd inside. The bulk of FC5 is in hda2.

Suggest you check the /etc/fstab as FC5 should use label to find the hard disk. Don't use LVM myself but Ubuntu should be able to mount it.

[GRobinT]

Thank you for the reply saikee, I have refigured the entry to the original (Title, root, kernel, initrd, etc.) but a pair of eyes caught the fact that I had two different numbers for the kerenel and initrd!:eek: ...after two days I couldn't boot for a mistake I have written over and over and over...as it stands, fc5 has successfully booted with ubuntu! After a few hours of sleep, I'll tackle and be more careful with the next minor issues...
Command(working)
title Fedora Core 5
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup01/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
initrd /initrd-2.6.20-1.2320.fc5.img
savedefault
boot