On Sat, 16 Oct 2010 16:28:05 +0100 Hi Andrew, Andrew Benton <b3n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If it doesn't already "know" where the /boot partition is then it will never > read grub.cfg so the line will not be parsed by grub. > Well, there is an initial "set root", followed by an "search" in the config part comming from /etc/grub.d/00_header. However, if I do not repeat the "root" where grub files are ( boot partition ), using your suggested menuentry instead, I get a new kind of error: "error. Not an assignment", and the process stops. Definitly, I need to write down the menuentry as I did, if not, nothing goes. I tried this with a functioning partition. > > The "linux" statement on the other hand tells grub where the kernel resides > > and were "root" of the partition to be booted is. Is this not correct ? > > > Indeed, which is why I suggested you try something like: ( sophisticated, for non english natives: "indeed", does it mind "it is not correct" ? or does it mind it is ? ;-) ) > Edgar -- Dr.-Ing. Edgar Alwers <edgaralw...@gmx.de> -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
