Re: Cannot boot using Grub from CD

[Alan Ianson <agianson@gmail.com>]

On Fri February 23 2007 08:55, Chris Lale wrote:
> I am trying to make a CDROM Grub boot disc so that I can boot my system
> if the MBR is overwritten or the default partition is removed.
>
> I made an eltorito CD with stage2_eltorito and my menu.lst file in the
> CD's /boot/grub using the instructions in the manual at
> http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/html_node/Making-a-GRUB-bootable-CD
>_002dROM.html#Making-a-GRUB-bootable-CD_002dROM
>
> The CD boots and the blue menu is displayed, but none of the menu items
> will boot anything. These are the messages on the screen:
>
>     Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-686'
>
>     root  (hd0,5)
>     Filesystem type is extfs, partition type 0x83
>     kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686 root=/dev/hda6 ro
>        [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1e00, size=0x131990]
>     initrd  /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-3-686
>        [Linux-initrd @ 0xfb37000, 0x4a8421 bytes]
>     savedefault
>
>     Error 15: File not found
>
>     Press any key to continue...
>
>
> Pressing a key returns me to the menu. Trying again always results in
>
>     Booting 'Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-3-686'
>
>     Error 25: Disk read error
>
>     Press any key to continue...
>
>
> Can anyone please suggest why Grub does not boot the system?

I can't see anything wrong with the above.. but the latest etch install disks 
do have a rescue mode so you can boot that way if need be.