[enpey]

Hey all,

I have decided to install DSL onto my hard drive (install to hard drive, not a frugal install), and am now trying to edit GRUB so as I can boot into DSL. I already have a GRUB install from which I boot XP and Ubuntu, but I am unable to boot DSL now.

They are set up as follows:
SATA disk
Partition 1 - XP
Partition 2 - Ubuntu
Partition 3 - Swap
Partition 4 - /home for Ubuntu
IDE disk
Part 1 - Storage for XP
Part 2 - DSL
Part 3 - Swap

From the grub command line I enter:

grub> root (hd1,1)
grub> kernel /boot/linux24

and it starts loading DSL, but eventually comes up with

kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k ide-cd, errno=2
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 03:01
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:01



Or entering:

grub> root=/dev/hdb2
grub> kernel /boot/linux24

gives me an error (in GRUB) of

Error 11: Unrecognised device string


I had just finished install to hard drive from DSL and was rebooting where it said the install needed to be finished, but I am unable to get into the installed version.
Sorry for the wall of text, anyone know what I need to do or any suggestions?

[enpey]

Ok, I have got it to work - but I'm not sure why it works...
/boot/grub/menu.lst entry for DSL now reads:

root (hd1,1)
kernel /boot/linux24 ro root=/dev/hdb2

If someone could explain to me why root=/dev/hdb2 has changed anything I would greatly appreciate it. I thought that the above line root (hd1,1) mounted the root drive?

This post has been edited by enpey: 22 July 2007 - 06:17 AM

[Nova Dragoon]

When you usually boot into linux you boot into an initial ram disk (initrd) which sets somethings up (like driver modules for your harddisk or whatever) it is a mini root file system. Then it does a switch root to the real root specified in the kernel parameter.


Basically you are telling the kernel where to look for the rest of the system.

[enpey]

Nova Dragoon, on 23 Jul, 2007 - 01:16 PM, said:

When you usually boot into linux you boot into an initial ram disk (initrd) which sets somethings up (like driver modules for your harddisk or whatever) it is a mini root file system. Then it does a switch root to the real root specified in the kernel parameter.


Basically you are telling the kernel where to look for the rest of the system.

So why was I having an issue with that? hdb2 is hd(1,1).

[Nova Dragoon]

you needed to add the parameters to the kernel line
the (ro root=/dev/hdb2)

[enpey]

Ok.

Thanks for that Nova Dragoon