Re: grub error on ubuntu stanza

[Johan]

On Mon, 2004-10-11 at 12:41 +0000, Marco Gerards wrote:
> Johan <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Surprise .. installed mdk 10.1 CE copied over ubuntu stanza as usaual
> > but no ways error..
> > Error 1 : Filename must be either an absolute path or blocklist.
> > This is new to me.
> 
> This means there is an error in your menu.lst.
> 
> > It is an exact copy of the stanza on same drive same mbr only onother 
> > flavour of linux.
> >  It works all the time except in this case.
> 
> I assume you changed some things so the menu.lst works with the new
> install.  I think you made an error there.
> 
Don't think so.. mark ..copy..paste.

> > Please what does absolute path means.
> 
> It means that a path has to start with the root of the drive.  For
> example:
> 
> (hd0,4)/foo/bar
> 
> Can you show the relevant part form your menu.lst?
> 
> --
> Marco
> 
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Thanks for your response.
This is exactly how it looks in the ubuntu menu.lst. This is how it also
looks in mdk10.1 menu.lst...
While this exact stanza works fine in ubuntu it will not in mdk10.1.

## ## End Default Options ##

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-2-386 hda 7 & 8
root            (hd0,6)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-2-386 root=/dev/hda7 ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-2-386
savedefault
boot

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-2-386 (recovery mode)  hda 7 & 8
root            (hd0,6)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-2-386 root=/dev/hda7 ro single
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-2-386
savedefault
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

-- 
Johan
Registered linux user #330034