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On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 07:45:53 +0100, Heinz Sporn wrote: |
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> > grub> root (hd0,1) |
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> > Fs is ext2, part type 0x83 |
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> > grub> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 |
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> > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x120, size 0x1463b31] |
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> Shouldn't that read root=/dev/sda2 since your kernel obviously sits |
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> in /boot == /dev/sda2 ? The root paramter should define the place where |
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> your kernel / grub stage files reside IIRC and not where your root |
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> filesystem is located. Naming the parameter root is quite misleading |
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> though. |
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These are correct. The root (dh0,1) command is for sda2. The root |
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argument passed to the kernel is the root partition for Linux, nothing |
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to do with the location of the bootloader files. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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