Re: net install , initrd, kernel 2.6.10 install woes
Gene,
I forgot to mention that I had the problem with grub and since I
suspected some esoteric feature I wasn't aware of, reinstalled the whole
thing with LILO.
Thing is, I suspect that it's not a bootloader issue since the system
boots OK with lilo/kernel 2.6.8.1 and a few minutes later won't with
lilo/kernel 2.6.10, same thing with Grub.
AFAICS you are correct in your explanation about grub, btw.
Regards,
Jeff
On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 01:42 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> If you are not using an initrd, then you cannot use labels in
> grub.conf (aka menu.lst), but must specify the '/' partition as
> root=/dev/hdaX where X is the partition number on the disk that is
> the root of '/' This is on the same line that specifies the vmlinuz
> file, and is supplied to this file as boot time arguments. You must
> also build all the disk access drivers into the kernel, not as
> modules.
>
> Note that this is a seperate specification from the line above the
> vmlinuz-version-etc and its arguments line. That line is usually
> 'root(hd0,0)' which indicates the /boot disk and partition on that
> disk thats used for /boot, this is so that the menu.lst or grub.conf
> can be found IF its not the one its actually reading. Since most
> use /dev/hda1 for the /boot partition, then that line will always
> read 0,0 for fist drive, first partition on that drive. If the /boot
> is a dir on /, then I believe those two will match, but I'm not 100%
> on that since I've never not used a /boot partition. If thats
> incorrect, please, somebody correct me on that point.
>
> >Regards,
> >
> >Jeff
> >
> >PS: If any of the DD involved in the system's bootstrap reads this,
> > I'd like to know why you do use initrd ? If I'm wrong in assuming
> > that there's no real gain with it, I'd gladly stand corrected.
>
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