Re: GRUB problem

[Kevin McKinley <ronin2@bellatlantic.net>]

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 14:44:46 +1200
cr <cr@orcon.net.nz> wrote:

> Well, in my system,  /vmlinuz is a symlink thus:
> lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Jun 12 08:25 vmlinuz -> 
> boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci
> 
> and /boot/vmlinuz is:
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       665509 Jun 21 23:05
> vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci
> 
> 
> As I read it, my  menu.lst which is as follows:
> 
> title  Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.2.20-idepci
> root  (hd0,0)
> kernel     /vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci  root=/dev/hda1 ro
> savedefault
> 
> first sets root to  (hd0,0)      (i.e. /dev/hda1   or  /boot)   
> then tries to load   vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci , passing it the parameters 
> of "root=/dev/hda1"

That's not the case.

You can refer to your kernel either by the symlink name of "/vmlinuz" or by
its actual name which is "/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci". You're trying to mix
the two together, and it won't work.

Kevin