grub sees 2 out of 3 systems...lucky me

Robert Holtzman holtzm at cox.net
Wed May 5 05:47:42 UTC 2010


On Tue, 4 May 2010, Tom H wrote:

>>> Just tried adding /boot to the kernel and initrd lines with no other
>>> changes. Before I did that the boot sequence would start and hang with
>>> (initramfs)_. Afterward it went right back to "files not found" error.
>>> Deleted /boot from the two lines and it went back to initiating the boot
>>> sequence and hanging up. Did I leave something out?
>
> If /boot is a separate partition from /, you must not have /boot in
> the kernel (grub1), linux (grub2), or initrd lines.
>
> If /boot is a separate partition from / and "root=(hdx,y)" (grub1) or
> "set root=(hdx,y)" (grub2), for grub, the path to a file in /boot is
> (hdx,y)/file and not (hdx,y)/boot/file.

I believe  said I tried it with /boot and when it didn't work I 
reverted.

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