I have made some progress.... When I use these parameters at the grub prompt, the machine boots. X is dead, and so is mysql...not sure why, yet. However, I cannot change menu.lst to reboot....I always get tossed out to the grub menu.
grub> root(hd0,msdos5) //msdos5 comes from tab completion and is the only option grub> linux /boot/linux-2.6.21.1-686 root=/dev/hda5 grub> initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21.1-686 grub>boot Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks, Mark On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Mark Phillips <[email protected]>wrote: > Yes, anothey typo... > On Mar 28, 2011 1:36 PM, "Tim" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, that was a typo in the email. When typing at grub I used > completion > >> to make sure I had the same versions. > > > > Ok, no problem. > > > > Was "root =/dev/sda5" also an email-only typo? That is, there is a > > space between root and = which may create problems for you as well... > > > > tim > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
