On Thursday 12 July 2001 14:42, Guy Geens wrote: > >>>>> "csj" == csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [Line from GRUB menu.lst] > csj> I don't think so. The line: > > csj> kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.5 root=/dev/hda3 single > > csj> is an instruction for the OS kernel. By this time the kernel > csj> should have taken over. So yes, it makes a difference when you > csj> specify: > > Not quite. GRUB will read the kernel image, which is in the root > directory of the /boot partition (hd0,0). It will then pass the > rest of the line to the kernel as arguments (that's why you specify > the device with the Linux syntax /dev/hda3).
I sit corrected.