On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 17:45:37 -0500 "Bruce Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Debian users, > > I just wanted to make sure that my menu.lst looks good for grub. I wouldn't > want it to fail and not be able to load any operating system. I have two > questions in the comments so please be sure to read them. > > I've got four partitions on my primary IDE hard drive > hd0,0 - Windows > hd0,1 - Boot > hd0,2 - Swap > hd0,3 - root > > My /boot/grub/menu.lst looks like this: > ============================== > default 0 > timeout 5 > # Windows OS > title Windows 2000 > # Can I skip the next two lines if I use this? [ rootnoverify (hd0,0) ] > root (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > # Linux OS > title Linux > root (hd0,1) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 ro > =============================== I thought root was (0,3); wouldnt that be "root=/dev/hda4" ? > > So that's my initial step to boot windows and debian. When this file was > generated, this is the last thing on the file > ============================== > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 > # Shouldn't this be hd0,1 ? > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 ro > =============================== > Why is the second line(root) designated to hd0,0? Shouldn't it be hd0,1 > since /boot resides in that partition? That enty may just be a "guess" to serve as an example. > > Finally, what safety cautions can I take if this fails? > As always, any help or suggestion is greatly appreciated. I would make a grub boot floppy and make sure you can boot from it first. > bp I included my own menu.lst below -- the one with "new" at the end is the one i use - and sorry for any line wrap problems :) Shawn # # /boot/grub/menu.lst # #options timeout=10 #splashscreen = (hd1,1)/boot/message default = 0 fallback = 1 # # test kernel # title = Debian/GNU Linux 2.4.19-new root = (hd0,11) kernel = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-new noapic nosmp root=/dev/hda12 hdc=ide-scsi pci=biosirq # # windows 2000 # title = Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader = (hd0,0)+1 # # old debian kernel # title = Debian/Gnu Linux kernel 2.2.19 on hdb2 root = (hd1,1) kernel = /vmlinuz noapic nosmp root=/dev/hdb2 ide-scsi=hdc ############end -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
