On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday 24 Feb 2010 6:21:24 pm Saravanan S wrote: >> > 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. > > actually it is 'root (hd0,0), and it displays the partition info >> >> 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> > > doesnt work whatever I try - even 'find /boot/vmlinuz' says file not found >
My standard modus operandi for grub problems is to (a) boot with a rescuecd (b) mount the root/boot partition on /mnt/<foobar> (c) examine and ensure all files are proper in the /boot directory tree (vmlinuz, initrd, menu.lst, device.map etc.) (d) verfiy the above files are referenced properly in menu.lst. (e) re-install grub e.g. grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/<foobar> /dev/sda The above works save and except when I am experimenting with the 'initrd' image. HTH -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
