booting debian os using grub

**armen** · 03-09-2005

hi,
i have dual boot xp and debian.
debian is in hdc5, but i need to know how to load it.
3 steps generally are ...

1. root (hd0,4) [This sets the root partition]
2. kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda5 [This sets the kernel]
3. boot [This starts booting into Linux]

problem is for step 2, i don't know what to put instead of bzImage. how can i find out this value?
can someone plz help?

**Giro** · 03-09-2005

Look in /boot you will see a vmlinuz-x.y.z file this is the kernel.

**eerok** · 03-09-2005

Also there's likely an initrd image. Specify it in grub.conf like this:

Code:

initrd /initrd.img-2.x.x-xxx

Get the correct name from /boot.

**Sepero** · 03-09-2005

A snip from my menu.list

Code:

title  Debian 2.6.9-1-k7 hda5
root   &#40;hd0,4&#41;
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1-k7 root=/dev/hda5
initrd /initrd.img-2.6.9-1-k7

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