Re: Grub won't boot to linux partion

From: Jesse Benton (jessebent_at_netscape.net)
Date: 04/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 01:37:02 -0400

Mark,
        I'm missing your point. This is my first drive ( 0 ) and Grub starts at
( 4 ) if I'm reading the man grib right. If I'm missing something
obvious, please let me now so I can kick myself in the pants.

Jesse

Mark Nagy wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 04:08:24 -0400, Jesse Benton
> <jessebent@netscape.net> wrote:
>
>
>>This is what my floppy has as a syslinuz.cfg
>>
>>>default linux
>>>prompt 1
>>>display boot.msg
>>>timeout 100
>>>label linux
>>> kernel vmlinuz
>>> append initrd=initrd.img hda=ide-scsi root=/dev/hdc2
>>
>>After I changed the grub.conf ( using e let me edit it but not save). I
>>still have the same problem root (0,4) no such partions.
>> Here is my complete grub.cong which worked before
>># grub.conf generated by anaconda
>>#
>># Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
>># NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that
>># all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg.
>># root (hd0,4)
>># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda5
>># initrd /boot/initrd-version.img
>>#boot=/dev/hda
>>default=0
>>timeout=10
>>splashimage=(hd0,1)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>>
>>title WINDOWS 98
>> rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>> chainloader +1
>>title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2115.nptl)
>> root (hd0,4)
>
>
> ^^^ NOTE: STILL POINTS TO (HD0,4) ^^^
>
>
>> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl ro root=/dev/hdc2 hdd=ide-scsi
>> initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
>># root (hd0,4)
>># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3debug ro root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi
>># initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-3debug.img
>>#title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-3)
>># root (hd0,4)
>># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3 ro root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi
>># initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img
>>#title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-27.7.xdebug)
>># root (hd0,4)
>># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.xdebug ro root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi
>># initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.xdebug.img
>>#title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-27.7.x)
>># root (hd0,4)
>># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-27.7.x ro root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi
>># initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.18-27.7.x.img
>>#title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-20.7)
>># root (hd0,4)
>># kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.7 ro root=/dev/hda5 hdd=ide-scsi
>># initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-20.7.img
>># not set up for nvidia card yet
>>Your help is appreciated.
>>

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