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-This is a helpfile
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+HOWTO: Boot an existing install
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+Select "More Options" from the main menu.
+Move the cursor to "[EDIT ME] Boot an existing linux install"
+Press "e"
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+At this point you will see the following:
+     root   (hd0,0)
+     kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda3 ro
+     initrd /kernel26.img
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+This needs to be changed to accomodate your hardware.
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+The first line should be changed to indicate where your boot medium resides.
+  "(hd0,0)" is the first partition on the first hard drive (hda1) - change these
+  numbers to indicate the partition containing your /boot directory.
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+The second line should be changed to point to your kernel.  If the line above
+points to a partition _only_ containing /boot, then /vmlinuz26 is fine.
+Otherwise, change this to /boot/vmlinuz.  root= should be changed to match the
+partition for your root filesystem.  Other kernel parameters can be added here.