On 3/1/20, Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > On Sun 01 Mar 2020 at 08:41:09 -0500, Felix Miata wrote: > >> >> Grub does not like symlinks to un-versioned kernel and initrd in /boot/. > > I am probably missing your point but I have just booted successfully > with: > > root='hd1,msdos5' > linux /vmlinuz.old root=/dev/sdb5 > initrd /initrd.img.old
My brain interpreted it to mean something like.... /boot/vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-x.x.x-x-amd64 Having said that AND it written out to explain where MY brain went: Maybe any reported fail is somehow tied to the missing slash (or when it's in place, instead)... *IF* this is even the scenario that was originally referenced. When it's under "/" root/, I like the missing slash. I think I wrote a while back that I've had symlinks that point to "/boot/vmlinuz-x.x.x-x-amd64" take me to the [HOST] computer's /boot directory, NOT the [guest] in chroot. I only discovered that accidentally one time when I had to run "ls -ld" on vmlinuz and initrd.img for some long forgotten reason... or another. DISCLAIMER It's possible it had something to do with how I was mounting chroot's fstab when I first started doing debootstrap installs.. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
