----- Original Message ----- From: "InfoHelp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Gentoo + Grub + Suse
> Cool, trying this now.. > > Nick Rout wrote: > > >from rik's menu.lst: > > > >title Gentoo Linux 2004.1 > > root (hd0,5) > > kernel (hd0,5)/boot/kernel-2.6.5-gentoo root=/dev/hda6 > > systemmap (hd0,5)/boot/System.map-2.6.5-gentoo > ># initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd > > chainloader +1 > > > > > >take out the chainloader command. what that does is transfer execution > >to another bootloader in (hdd0,5), but there won't be a boot loader > >there. > > > >you are wanting to boot the kernel, not another bootloader. > > > Also, Suse's boot kernel is a vmlinuz - perhaps I need to compress one > for Gentoo to refer Suse's Grub to? Ah I second ....are you using the original SuSe grub install to boot Gentoo ? or have you reinstalled grub from the Gentoo install ? If you are using the SuSe install youll need to chuck the Gentoo kernel into the SuSe boot partition (unless its shared) and point SuSe's grub entry to the right root partion Dale. > > -- > InfoHelp Services http://www.infohelp.co.nz/linux.html i686 2.4.20-8 > RedHat Linux 9.0 - Gnome 2.2.0 - OpenOffice 1.0.2 - Mozilla Mail 1.2.1 > > > >
