Hi KG, On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> > I think it is something to do with numbers (that is what puppy says). I > have > two partitions - mandriva had called them /dev/sda1 and /dev/sda6 and in > grub > they are referred to as hd(0,0) and hd(0,5). But in menu.lst there is a > reference to /dev/sda6 - should I change this to /dev/sda5? or to > /dev/hda5? - > I am asking all this because I do not have access to the machine right now. > Once done with the Step A : grub > root hd(0,0) The above should not throw any error. Step B: grub > kernel /<Press TAB and find if you can see any files like vmlinuz*; If yes proceed and then to initrd and boot steps, else go back to step A and try hd0,1 or something> In menu.lst root=/dev/sdaX; If you are confused about the same, Try to label the partitions with e2label and reference that with LABEL parameter. e2label /dev/sdaX /labelX now you can modify menu.lst entry as root=LABEL=/labelX HTH :) Saravanan Sundaramoorthy Red Hat Certified Engineer +91 99404 32545 _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
