Another report of this, from Fraser Campbell <fraser@wehave.net>: > I used the grub boot loader, upon reboot it didn't boot, kernel could not be > found. Problem was that the root argument in each kernel stanza was > incorrect; "root(hd0,1)" instead of "root(hd0,0)". Perhaps grub-installer > is easily confused when /boot is not part of / ... there was no option to set > these parameters (though they should be detectable). Putting boot on its own partition is not uncommon, I have raised the severity of this bug report. His system info from his install report, which is using a current image, so this is apparently not fixed: Debian-installer-version: Oct-15-2003 build used floppy images http://people.debian.org/~sjogren/d-i/images/daily/floppy-image.img and http://people.debian.org/~sjogren/d-i/images/daily/bootfloppy-image.img kernel: Linux (none) 2.4.22-1-386 #9 Sat Oct 4 2003 14:30:39 EST i586 unknown Date: Oct-15-2003 Method: Installed using two floppies mentioned above. Installed sarge from ftp.debian.org, no proxy used. Processor: PR166+ (according to /proc/cpuinfo this is a CyrixInstead 6x86L 2x Core/Bus CLock at 132 Bogomips) Memory: 32 MB Root Device: IDE HDD, "hda", Fujitsu that miraculously has not failed NIC Used for install: 8139too Root Size/partition table: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 473M 42M 407M 10% / /dev/hda1 60M 8.6M 48M 16% /boot /dev/hda7 962M 17M 897M 2% /home /dev/hda8 962M 17M 897M 2% /tmp /dev/hda5 1.9G 117M 1.7G 7% /usr /dev/hda6 1.9G 89M 1.7G 5% /var /dev/hda3 ... swap (64MB) Output of lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C585VP [Apollo VP1/VPX] (rev 10) 00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/A/B PCI-to-ISA [Apollo VP] (rev 02) 00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586/B/686A/B PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 02) 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE] (rev 16) 00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10) 00:0b.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446 -- see shy jo
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