On 11/09/2016 01:11, Harry Putnam wrote: > I have a newish install I've been running for a while. > > Today I added a setting to the kernel and rebuilt. > > The final move I made on the kernel move was > > "make install all" > > No looking at the /boot/grub/grub.conf all I find is the example file > that comes with install. > > If there was old version before calling "make install all" , it has > been removed I guess. > > I've created a version from a very old one I had in some very old > backup and wondering if all the options on the kernel line are still > valid. (I do have the VESA ahd vesafb (frame buffer) and mtrr stuff > checked in the kernel config). And "root" is at /dev/hda4 > > ,---- > | default 0 > | timeout 10 > | splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > | > | title Gentoo Linux 4.1.6 > | root (hd0,0) > | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-4.1.6-gentoo root=/dev/hda4 vga=0x31A > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap > `---- > > I'm pretty confident of everything but the kernel line. > > Before I reboot, find it fails to boot, and have lots of huffing and > puffing starting up with grub commands or having to go back to an > install .ISO to get insdide, I hoped someone here could tell me if my > grub.conf is likely to work
That config looks fine. However, you only have one kernel stanza. To be really safe, copy the old one to a second entry and clearly label it as the old one. Then you can select it if the new one does fail to boot. It's easier that way than trying to edit it in grub's editor -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
