problem with hp recovery after fedora 7 install

I just installed FC7 on my dv6500t and I selected the MBR option for grub boot. Windows Vista and Fedora7 work fine but Now when I press F11 for recovery it doesnt do anything, just takes me to the choice of OS.

Did I do anything wrong??? How to make the lappy go into recovery mode (if required?

 

Ok I got the solution to this problem. It seems that grub just hides the recovery partition and by just putting a simple entry in the grub.conf file you can have an option for doing a sys recovery in your dual boot system.

Here is my grub.conf file

Code:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd0,4)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.21-1.3194.fc7)
	root (hd0,4)
	kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet
	initrd /initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7.img
title Windows Vista Home Premium
	rootnoverify (hd0,0)
	chainloader +1
title System Recovery 
	rootnoverify (hd0,2)
	chainloader +1

I made a third entry called system recovery and it works beautifully.
So all you people out there who are missing your F11 button recovery can make use of this (if your recovery partition is still untouched and present). Of course your F11 key will not work but this menu will do the same function as F11.

 

Thanks for posting the solution. I'm sure other people will benefit from it.

 

Well, I think (IMHO) you're partially right. When you install Linux it looks for any other OS(es) on the drive and gives you a way to boot into them. I think the CODE to handle F11 is in the MBR too. You just came around the other way to boot it (VIA Grub). I have a DV94210US. When I let Grub install in the MBR of the main drive, I lost F11 AND the Media buttons along the top of my lappy. Then ONLY think I changed was the MBR VIA Grub. So, I did a system restore. Now I have F11 and media buttons working. Then installed Linux and had it put the boot info on the Linux partition. Then while running under LiveCD, copied menu.lst to a thumb drive. The created a boot CD. Now everything works...

 

Hi radnor,

The top row buttons on my lappy are working fine in vista. The problem is I cannot get my sound to work in Fedora. Alsa mixer volume shows 100% but the mute button on the top row of laptop shows amber (meaning it is hardware muted). I havent been able to get it to turn green. Any ideas on how to get about this?

 

When I let Ubuntu install Grub in the MBR, I lost the media buttons and F11 recovery while the system was booting up. I'm not sure if they worked after Vista was up and running. I know from a power OFF state, they did nothing.... Now they power up the system and get into media player etc. I had FC6 on for a while. On one of the distros, I remember the mute on like you stated. May have to put FC6 back on and see what goes. The only problem with this is I have to recreate my boot CD.

I will not hijack your thread, but do you have WIFI working? This is the only issue I have left I want to resolve on my DV9420US. What WIFI card?

Will this help? LINK

 

Looks like I will have to do some r&d on this.

I have got Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG in my specs sheet. I haven't checked the model/brand of the card in device manager. Will check and let you know. My D-Link DI-524 wireless router will be coming this week after which I will try to set up my internet connection through it. In the meantime I found these links. Check them out might be useful for you.
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/
http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/index.php?n=Downloads

This guy has managed to get wireless working on his dv6137
http://viveks.wikidot.com/intel-3945abg-in-fedora-7

 

Hi radnor,

I got wireless working on my laptop without a hitch. The card got detected automatically in Fedora 7 and I simply configured the gateway and WEP password and it works flawlessly. In fact I am typing this post from fedora through wireless.

The only thing I haven't been able to do is get my damn sound working - am still working on that.