On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 12:42:57PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > > Do you know how we would go about detecting Geexbox? I assume it doesn't > provide an /etc/lsb-release file otherwise we'd be detecting it already, > so we need something unique to it to detect it. Files such as > /etc/<distro>-release seem reasonably common, but there's some variation > here. > I have attached the list of files under the Geexbox partition. GEEXBOX/etc/grub/grub.conf looks as follows : title _TITLE_ root _ROOTDEV_ kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/ram0 rw rdinit=linuxrc boot=_DEVNAME_ lang=en remote=default_remote receiver=default_receiver keymap=qwerty splash=silent vga=789 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr _HDTV_ _DEBUG_ _CONFIG_ initrd /initrd.gz boot I hope that will give you an idea of the layout geexbox uses. > > correct. For Mandriva, the initrd entry is not included which makes > > the system non-bootable. > > I assume you added the initrd entry in your attached file by hand? > Yes. I saw that only after reportbug-gtk had sent it :-( Sorry, if it caused a discrepancy in my reporting and the attached file. > What boot loader does your Mandriva installation use? Can you please > attach its configuration file? > It is using grub. If you want any more information, I will provide the same. Regards, -- Sridhar M.A. GPG KeyID : F6A35935 Fingerprint: D172 22C4 7CDC D9CD 62B5 55C1 2A69 D5D8 F6A3 5935 Oh, I am a C programmer and I'm okay I muck with indices and structs all day And when it works, I shout hoo-ray Oh, I am a C programmer and I'm okay
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