Re: still no luck with grub

[James Courtier-Dutton]

Daniel Senderowicz wrote:
> OK, I did a bit of progress here. I manage to boot the system
> with the kernel of the hard disk by simply typing the same
> commands written in the "grub.conf" file, that is:
>
> grub> root (hd0,0)
> grub> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-28.9smp ro root=LABEL=/
> grub> initrd /initrd-2.4.20-28.9smp.img
>
> But my question still remains: why doesn't it do it
> automatically?
>
> Dan
It is not working because you are using the syntax wrongs.

root (hd0,0)   <- This is telling grub the device and partition that the 
vmlinuz is stored on. This is "NOT your linux root partition". It 
depends which partition the /boot directory is stored. vmlinuz should 
really be in the /boot directory.
grub then finds the grub config by looking in (hd0,0)/grub.
So, if you don't have a root partition, and the /boot directory is on 
the root partition, the grub root command should be: -
root (hd0,0)/boot

kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc6
^....(1).............^ ^.....(2)....^

1) This is telling grub where to find vmlinuz
2) Are linux kernel parameters, and are not used by grub at all.

Cheers
James