Re: GRUB & Rieserfs

[Chuck Stickelman <cstick@miamisystems.com>]

D-Man wrote:

> Disclaimer : I have no experience with ReiserFS, but I do use grub.
>
> On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 11:54:49AM -0400, Chuck Stickelman wrote:
> | San Segkhoonthod wrote:
> |
> | > GRUB do *support* ReiserFS. My debian boxes have
> | > ReiserFS root file system and I boot them with GRUB.
> |
> | Then I've done something wrong!
> | I'll try providing more specifics.
> | kernel 2.4.5
> | hda1    ~120MB    ext2    /boot
> | hda2    ~128MB    swap
> | hda3    ~27GB        reiserfs    /
>
> | I've tried:
> | root (hd0,0)
> | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 single
>           ^^^^
>

Well... it does... I did set up a symbolic link to .  (boot -> .)
I've also tried doing
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmliuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 single

I'll try it again tonight... but I'm sure I've exhausted every possible
combination.

I'm also sure it IS something as simple as this...

>
> There's the problem.  There is no directory named "boot" on (hd0,0).
> Grub doesn't understand the OS's mount tables because it isn't your
> OS.  Every partition is called "/" by grub, or (hdn,m)/ if you want to
> specify which disk/partition.
>
> Instead use
>
> root (hd0,0)
> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 single
>

I could use some clarification on this one point:
Under GRUB 'root"  (as in root (hd0,0)) means exactly what?
I am assuming it DOES NOT mean what drive is going to endup being / (root)
once the OS is running but rather the root of all GRUB operations.  Is this
true?

What is the significant difference between:
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 single

and:
root (hd0,2)
kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 single

>
> and it should work fine.
>
> HTH,
> -D
>

I want to thank all of those who have offered help on this.
Can't wait to get it resolved.

Chuck