Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 08:35:22PM +, Hugh Saunders wrote: > On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 12:46:57PM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > > > "Hugh" == Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > [...] > > > > Hugh> 4. wrote /boot/grub/menu.1st > > ... > > > > Grub expects that to be menu.lst, n

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread David Z Maze
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Saunders) writes: > My only query is that when specifying the root file system i have to > specify using the /dev/hd* notation rather than the devfs way. > is there anyway i can direct the kernel to a root filesystem > using devfs? It seems like the kernel "find the root p

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 12:46:57PM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > > "Hugh" == Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > Hugh> 4. wrote /boot/grub/menu.1st > ... > > Grub expects that to be menu.lst, not menu.1st (ell, not one). thanks! i renamed the file, rebooted, loaded the conf

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread andrej hocevar
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 05:12:33PM +, Hugh Saunders wrote: > grub> configfile /boot/grub/menu.1st menu.lst, not "first"!!! :) andrej -- echo ${girl_name} > /etc/dumpdates -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Robert James Kaes
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003, Hugh Saunders wrote: > This all works but the menu does appear by default, each time i boot > have to do > grub> root (hd0,3) > grub> configfile /boot/grub/menu.1st The file name should be menu.lst (notice that it's a small-L rather than a number one.) -- R

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Hugh" == Hugh Saunders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Hugh> 4. wrote /boot/grub/menu.1st ... Grub expects that to be menu.lst, not menu.1st (ell, not one). -- Hubert Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.uhoreg.ca/ PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7

Re: grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread David P James
Hugh Saunders was roused into action on 2003-01-09 12:12 and wrote: A boot loader that reads filesystems? i gotta be havin me summa that! 1. apt-get install grub 2. read some documentation [man grub, /usr/share/doc/grub] 3. made sure the necessary was in /boot/grub/ [stage1 ,stage1.5 stage2s] 4.

grubing my debian box

2003-01-09 Thread Hugh Saunders
A boot loader that reads filesystems? i gotta be havin me summa that! 1. apt-get install grub 2. read some documentation [man grub, /usr/share/doc/grub] 3. made sure the necessary was in /boot/grub/ [stage1 ,stage1.5 stage2s] 4. wrote /boot/grub/menu.1st 5. grub-install /dev/ide/bus0/disc Thi