Re: grub configuration question

[Haines Brown <brownh@hartford-hwp.com>]

> > Here's one of the configurations I tried:
> >   ...
> >   title debian 2.4.18-686
> > 	root (hd0,0)
> > 	kernel (hd1,0)/vmlinuz-2.4.18-686 root=/dev/sdb1
> > 	initrd /initrd.img-2.4.18-686
> > [snip]
> 
> It sounds should be like below if your debian /boot is within the first
> primary partition on your second hard drive.
> 
>  	title debian 2.4.18-686
>  	root (hd1,0)
>  	kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-686 root=/dev/sdb1
>  	initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-686
> 
> You can simply verify the existence of related files.

Qian,

My second hard disk does have a /boot directory at (h1,0), but there's
no grub installed in it.

My understanding was that the "root" command here is used to specify
_grub's_ root device and partition. My grub boot loader is still found
on my Redhat disk (hd0,0), and has not yet been installed in debian's
/boot directory (hd1,0). 

You seem to suggest that the root command defines the device and
partition that holds debian's /boot directory.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks.

Haines Brown