Re: GRUB GRUB ?

From: Vwakes (vwakeNOSPAM100_at_softhome.net)
Date: 11/23/03 

Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2003 13:11:44 -0700

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 sprint@pilot.net wrote:
>On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:22:38 +0100, osmoma <os-moma@email.no> wrote:
>
>>title 1. Fedora Core 1 (2.4.xx-yy.z)
>> root (hd1,0)
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.x.yy-zz ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
>> initrd /initrd-2.x.yy-zz.img
>
>yup did all that. then tried a reboot without the floppy..
>
>result: was "Error 15. File not found" following the kernel line. Do I
>need to change the "root=" bit to point it to /dev/hdb ? (been looking
>up some GRUB docs!)

Yeah, put 'root=/dev/hdbX' where hdbX is the partition that holds your /
partition.

V.

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