sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing # linux installation on /dev/hda12. title Mandrake Linux 10.1 (on /dev/hda12) root (hd0,11) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda12 ro acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda10 initrd /boot/initrd.img savedefault boot
# This entry was added manually after loading Xandros 3 on /dev/hda11 title Xandros 3 (on /dev/hda11) kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-x1 initrd (hd0,10)/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz savedefault
kernel (hd0,10/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.9-x1 root=/dev/hda11 you did not tell the kernel it's root partition. The error would have been kernel panic unable to mount root filesystem blah blah
The script posted was the last abandoned one. Different options were tried out but no result. In order to be sure, I tried out the root=/dev/hda11 entry again but it stops at kernel panic and gives the same 'root=' related error. Do you have any old working scripts for pointing grub to lilo?
Can I get into grub prompt in one booted distro and test the grub of another distro? Will the testing kernel clash with the one already up in the RAM?
Regards,
Rony.
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