It looks like I was hit with bug #601073, removing /boot from the linux and initrd lines fixed it :)
Regards, Diederik On Sunday 24 October 2010 08:41:02 Diederik de Haas wrote: > Hello, > > I have grub2 as my bootloader with 2 entries for debian (normal + rescue), > some entries for memtest and an entry for windows. > If I boot and select one of the debian entries, it fails saying "File not > found" (the kernel) and initrd also fails since it needs a kernel. > When I go to the grub prompt and enter the following lines it works: > linux /vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem > root=UUID=14104ecd-4242-45b6-a02f-b2326ec34c54 initrd > /initrd-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem > boot > > But the menu entry in grub.cfg is essentially the same except the path to > vmlinuz and initrd start with /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/initrd respectively. > My boot partition is /dev/sda1 and my root partition is /dev/sda5. > I've reinstalled grub-pc, grub-common and linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem > and rebooted ... fail. > > How come that if I enter the commands at the grub prompt it works, but if I > select it from the menu it fails? > And more importantly, what to do about it? > > Thanks in advance, > Diederik > > PS: Please CC me as I'm not subscribed to this list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201010240937.23243.didi.deb...@cknow.org
