On Saturday 08 November 2008 16:03, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > Op Sat, 8 Nov 2008 22:22:15 +0200 Bela Balazs wrote: > > The two menu.lst entries: > > > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24-1-686 > > root (hd0,1) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686 > > root=UUID=5dd1a349-c311-40ca-82f4-a7a39ca134a3 ro > > initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-1-686 > > > > [...] > > > > I tried changing the UUID to /dev/sda2 but still no luck. > > I'm sure that Debian is installed on that partition (I know from > > fdisk -l in Ubuntu). > > I believe 'root (hd0,1)' should be 'root (sd0,1)'. ALL GRUB hard drives are (hd?) and ALL GRUB partitions are (hd?,?). "(sd0,1)" is simply a filename to grub, and therefore not a valid argument to the "root" command. Do you have a separate partition for /boot or not? That looks valid for /boot stored on the same partition as /, but you may need to change it if your /boot is a separate partition. If your BIOS can't boot from the disk, grub might have problems as well. I tought grub could only see BIOS devices. What devices does grub see? Try "(hd<TAB><TAB>" at the "grub> " prompt from the grub boot menu. Can grub find your kernel on any device? Try "find /vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686" and "find /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-686" from that same prompt. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss03@volumehost.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.org/ \_/
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