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address@hidden: Bug#136766: grub: doesnt like /dev/root]
From: |
Jason Thomas |
Subject: |
address@hidden: Bug#136766: grub: doesnt like /dev/root] |
Date: |
Tue, 5 Mar 2002 09:48:20 +1100 |
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Mutt/1.3.27i |
Hi, would like some help with this one. I understand why there is a
problem but not what todo about it. any ideas?
Thanks.
----- Forwarded message from Andrea Mennucc <address@hidden> -----
> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:13:38 +0100
> From: Andrea Mennucc <address@hidden>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
> Subject: Bug#136766: grub: doesnt like /dev/root
>
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.91-2
> Severity: important
>
> hi
>
> I wanted to use grub instead of lilo
>
> so I installed the grub .deb and typed
> grub-install /dev/hda
> but got
> /dev/root: Not found or not a block device.
>
> indeed the latest kernels have this mount table:
> --
> /dev/root.old on /initrd type cramfs (rw)
> /dev/root on / type ext3 (rw)
> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> ...
> --
>
> nonetheless the device map seems to be correct: it is
> --
> (fd0) /dev/fd0
> (hd0) /dev/hda
> (hd1) /dev/hdb
> --
>
> I have also run update-grub which generates a menu that seems ok
>
> bye
>
> a.
>
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 3.0
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux Tonelli 2.4.16-586 #1 Wed Nov 28 08:21:15 EST 2001 i686
> Locale: LANG=it_IT, LC_CTYPE=it_IT
>
> Versions of packages grub depends on:
> ii libc6 2.2.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
> an
> ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-3 Shared libraries for terminal
> hand
>
> --
> Andrea Mennucc
> "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)
>
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