2009/5/13 Barry Marchant barr...@paradise.net.nz
I am trying to set up grub, 2 of the entries in /boot/grub/menu.1st
being...
title linux-2008
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-2008
root=UUID=21f45c8c-0029-4450-bc80-9c8de0584966
append=resume=/dev/hda11 vga=788
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd.img
title linux-2007
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-2007
root=UUID=6f1868a0-99b7-11db-96d0-cd1076410762 vga=788
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
The 1st entry boots no problems, the 2nd crashes with msgs
mount error 6 mounting ext3 flags default
pivotroot failed 2
kernel panic not syncing no init found
It might just be that the system is telling you the truth when it says:-
no init found
Are you able to confirm the presence of the file (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img ?
Remember that grub starts counting from zero so you are looking for the file
in the seventh partition of your slave drive.
Possibly using your system rescue boot CD.
mkdir /mnt/b7
mount /dev/hdb7 /mnt/b7
ls -l /mnt/b7/boot
what happens?
You should see something somewhat akin to this:-
abi-2.6.27-11-generic memtest86+.bin
abi-2.6.27-7-generic sarge.bmp
abi-2.6.27-9-generic sid.bmp
abi-2.6.28-11-generic System.map-2.6.27-11-generic
coffee.bmp System.map-2.6.27-7-generic
config-2.6.27-11-generic System.map-2.6.27-9-generic
config-2.6.27-7-generic System.map-2.6.28-11-generic
config-2.6.27-9-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-11-generic
config-2.6.28-11-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-7-generic
debian.bmp vmcoreinfo-2.6.27-9-generic
debianlilo.bmp vmcoreinfo-2.6.28-11-generic
grub vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic
initrd.img-2.6.27-11-generic vmlinuz-2.6.27-7-generic
initrd.img-2.6.27-7-generic vmlinuz-2.6.27-9-generic
initrd.img-2.6.27-9-generic vmlinuz-2.6.28-11-generic
initrd.img-2.6.28-11-generic
This is from a much updated Ubuntu system, your Mandrivle ( ? ) will be
different, yet similar.
Make sure the initrd.img file and kernel file mentioned in the boot config
file are from the same - identical - version, release and patch-level.
TIA
No problem, such civility wins the day.
--
Sincerely etc.
Christopher Sawtell
