Re: [Bug-grub] GRUB fails where loadlin works

[Jason Thomas]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 05:39:12PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote:
> I am trying to bootstrap a Debian install with GRUB, but I fail:(
> After some hours trying and reading I give up and turn to you guys.
> 
> I've put the necessary files in /debian on a fat32 partition on hda1.
> If from a dos prompt I do:

what are the files, if they are grub images they should be in /boot.
why not just install it on the linux partition rather than windows?

> 
>    dosutils\loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=images-1.44/root.bin \
>                     disksize=1.44
> 
> All's swell, but when I try GRUB menu's like:

how did you install grub?

> 
>    #Menu 1
>    title   Debian GNU/Linux setup woody from mirror
>    root    (hd0,1)
>    kernel  /debian/linux root=/dev/ram
>    initrd  /debian/images-1.44/root.bin disksize=1.44
>    
>    #Menu 2
>    title   Debian GNU/Linux setup woody from mirror
>    root    (hd0,1)
>    kernel  /debian/linux root=/dev/ram initrd=/debian/images-1.44/root.bin \
>            disksize=1.44
> 
> then the linux kernel barks that it can't mount it's root fs.   
> 
> Could some kind soul please explain to me what the heck I'm doing wrong?