Re: GRUB problem

[cr <cr@orcon.net.nz>]

On Tuesday 24 June 2003 08:40, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 00:52:01 +1200
>
> cr <cr@orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> > ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
> > # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
> > # groot=(hd0,0)
> > # alternative=true
> > # lockalternative=false
> > # altoptions=(recovery mode) single
> > # howmany=all
> > title		Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.2.20-idepci
> > root		(hd0,0)
> > kernel		/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci root=/dev/hda1 ro
> > savedefault
>
> The kernel line is wrong.
>
> In that line "root" tells the kernel what partition to mount as the root
> filesystem. Change it to
>
> kernel		/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci root=/dev/hda5 ro
>
> and try again.
>
> Kevin

Tried that - no change.

It may well be wrong but I have the impression that it won't try to execute 
until after GRUB has found the kernel and loaded it, and the error message I 
get -   "GRUB Loading, please wait.....      Error 2"  suggests to me that 
the boot process isn't getting that far.

cr