Re: GRUB problem

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

On Monday 30 June 2003 14:40, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> 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

Errrm, *I* didn't produce that line 
kernel     /vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci  root=/dev/hda1 ro
 - grub-install did.

In fact, if I read GRUB terminology aright, it's looking for 
(hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci.
Or, as Linux sees it,  /dev/hda/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci 
aka   /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci.

And it's there, and also in 
/boot/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-idepci
(because I copied it there just to make sure).

cr