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
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