Re: grub problem - please help!

akonstam_at_trinity.edu
Date: 05/24/05

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    On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 04:26:26PM +0100, Neil Bird wrote:
    >
    > [cut down version of something I've tried to post N times now; it
    > just keeps disappearing somewhere ... ]
    >
    > Essentially, if I boot of a CD with grub on, I get the menu OK, but
    > trying to actually bot gives me 'error 25: disk read error'. Hitting
    > 'c' for the command line and typing the commands in the grub.conf
    > verbatim (below: root/kernel/initrd) followed by 'boot' works though.
    >
    > Why might there be a difference?
    >
    >
    > default 0
    > prompt 1
    > splashimage (hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
    > timeout 4
    >
    > title Linux
    > root (hd0,4)
    > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00
    > initrd /initrd.img
    >
    > --
    Why exactly do you want the grub on the CD. Why don't you boot with a
    rescue disk and place the grub on hd0?
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