grub 2: "error: You need to load the kernel first"

[Goh Lip]

Colin Brace wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I've just installed 9.10 along side F11 on a laptop.
> 
> When I boot, both the Ubuntu and Fedora installations are shown in grub.
> 
> However, when I try to boot the latter, I get an error message: "error: You
> need to load the kernel first" 
> 
> Here is the relevant section in grub.cfg:
> 
> ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> menuentry "Fedora (2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586) (on /dev/sda2)" {
>         insmod ext2
>         set root=(hd0,2)
>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7
>         linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586 ro
> root=UUID=5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7 rhgb resume=/dev/sda3
>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.30.9-90.fc11.i586.img
> }
> menuentry "Fedora (2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586) (on /dev/sda2)" {
>         insmod ext2
>         set root=(hd0,2)
>         search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set
> 5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7
>         linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 ro
> root=UUID=5a8b0f33-5369-4a45-a501-455ed10f4fa7 resume=/dev/sda3 rhgb
>         initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586.img
> }
> ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
> 
> The above entries were generated automatically. The Fedora boot is on sda1,
> root is sd2. 
> 
> Any ideas about what is going on here?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -----
>   Colin Brace
>   Amsterdam
>   http://lim.nl

Try changing
set root=(hd0,2)

to
set root=(hd0,1)

Regards,
Goh Lip