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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:13:38 +0100 > From: Andrea Mennucc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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) > ----- End forwarded message ----- _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
