Re: Grub not booting, but lilo does...

Brice Figureau <brice+debian <at> daysofwonder.com> writes:
The menu.lst has been produced by update-grub and contains the right options.
Oh, and I also checked the device.map and it seems good to me (hd0 is mapped
to /dev/hda and hd1 mapped to /dev/hdc).

Any idea on how I can fix that (or boot a xen dom0 kernel from lilo) ?
Thanks

As suggested by JULIO Cayo, here is my menu.lst, maybe someone will find the
issue...

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
# grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
# grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
# and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default 3

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout 5

# Pretty colours
color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
# password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader +1
#
# title Linux
# root (hd0,1)
# kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,0)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
## alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
## lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
## lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
## altoptions=(single-user) single
# altoptions=(single-user mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
## howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
## memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title Xen 3.0.3-1-i386-pae / Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-xen-686
root (hd0,0)
kernel /xen-3.0.3-1-i386-pae.gz
module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-xen-686 root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 console=tty0
module /initrd.img-2.6.18-5-xen-686
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22.1-zen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.22.1-zen
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.22.1-zen (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.22.1-zen
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.20-zen-nfs
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-zen-nfs root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.20-zen-nfs (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20-zen-nfs root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.19-zen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.19-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.19-zen (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.19-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16.11-zen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.11-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16.11-zen (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.11-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16.1-zen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.1-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16.1-zen (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16.1-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-zen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.16-zen (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15.1-zen
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15.1-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.15.1-zen (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15.1-zen root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.24-1-386
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.24-1-386 root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60
initrd /initrd.img-2.4.24-1-386
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.24-1-386 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.24-1-386 root=/dev/md2 ro panic=60 single
initrd /initrd.img-2.4.24-1-386
savedefault

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST






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