Problem configuring GRUB

From: Gerhard W. Gruber (sparhawk_at_gmx.at)
Date: 12/14/03 

Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 19:49:07 +0100

I have two problems with GRUB when I try to configure it./

My disklayout is as follows:

/dev/hda1 = Windows
/dev/hda6 = Linux main installation Suse
/dev/hda7 = swap

/dev/hdd1 = Linux development installation Gentoo

I have also other partitions but I don't think that they are importatn for
this problem.

1.) When I install GRUB in hd0 = MBR and reboot GRUB starts, but I get no
menu. Instead I get into the commandline from GRUB and there I have to type
manually root, kernel and boot. With this I can at least boot my installation
from /dev/hda6. How can I get GRUB to use the menue?

2.) When I try to run the second kernel on /dev/hdd1 I always get a kernel
panic that it can't mount the disk. I have reiserfs compiled into the kernel
so this is not the problem. At first I tried to install a seperate GRUB on
/dev/hdd1. I got the menu for this installation but when I selected an entry
it didn't boot. Instead the menu was gone for a split second and then
reappeard so I assume it could locate the bootloader. The I tried to install
everything on the MBR of /dev/hda but then I have the above problem and the
problem that I can't boot the kernel from /dev/hdd1. I can manully boot the
kernel from /dev/hda6 though. The kernel panic told me to add a proper root=
value, so I added root=/dev/hdd1 but then I get the errormessage that it can't
find hdd1 and anothe rmessage telling me again to provide a proper root=
value.

For the first installation my GRUB ist this:
#
# Sample boot menu configuration file
#

# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 10

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

splashimage (hd0,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Linux 2.4.22 Suse Main
   root (hd0,5)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6 vga=0f07

title=Linux 2.4.23 Gentoo Development
   rootnoverify (hd1,0)
   kernel /boot/kernel-2.4.23 root=/dev/hdd1 vga=0f07

# For booting Windows NT or Windows95
title Windows 2000 Pro
   rootnoverify (hd0,0)
   chainloader +1

And the second one looks like this:

#
# Sample boot menu configuration file
#

# Boot automatically after 30 secs.
timeout 10

# By default, boot the first entry.
default 0

splashimage (hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Linux 2.4.23 Gentoo Development
   root (hd1,0)
   kernel /boot/kernel-2.4.23 root=/dev/hdd1 vga=ask

title=Linux 2.4.22 Suse Main
   root (hd0,5)
   kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda6

# For booting Windows NT or Windows95
title Windows 2000 Pro
   rootnoverify (hd0,0)
   chainloader +1 

-- 
Gerhard Gruber
Maintainer of
SoftICE for Linux - http://sourceforge.net/projects/pice
Fast application launcher - http://sourceforge.net/projects/launchmenu

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