Hendrik Boom wrote: > Let me see if I understand grub's interpretation of menu.lst correctly. > I have a boot stanza in my menu.lst: > > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 3.0.0-1-686-pae testing > (squeeze-grub) OK > root (hd0,5) > kernel /vmlinuz-3.0.0-1-686-pae root=/dev/mapper/VG1-testing--root ro > initrd /initrd.img-3.0.0-1-686-pae
> this means that the kernel, /vmlinuz-3.0.0-1-686-pae, is taken from > the top-level directory on partition (hd0, 5) which what used to be > called /dev/sda6, Yes. > and that when this kernel is booted, it will use > /dev/mapper/VG1-testing--root as its root partition. Yes. > It's the /etc/fstab file within /dev/mapper/VG1-testing--root that > it will use to find out what to mount on /boot, which should > properly be the same (hd0, 5) that was used to find the kernel. Yes. > And finally, when grub-update is run, it uses some of the options within > menu.lst when it creates the new one. Here I mean options other than > just the existing hand-made static boot stanzas. Yes. All correct. Bob
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