GRUB help

**budman7** · 03-01-2005

I am attempting to add a 3rd OS to my pc without much luck.
I installed Sourcemage to hda5.
I added Sourcemage to the menu.lst file in /boot/grub.

title Sourcemage
default 0
Sourcemage kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5

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title SUSE LINUX 9.2
kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 vga=0x31a selinux=0 splash=silent
resume=/dev/hda6 desktop elevator=as showopts
initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd

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title Windows
root (hd0,0)
chainloader +1

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title Floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe -- SUSE LINUX 9.2
kernel (hd0,6)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=o
ff vga=normal noresume selinux=0 barrier=off nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3
initrd (hd0,6)/boot/initrd

but when reboot and select Sourcemage, I get an Error 27, command not found.

**dylunio** · 03-01-2005

I think you need to state the initrd for sourcemage, and have a stanza for sourcemage somthing like this:

title Sourcemage
default 0
kernel (hd0,4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
initrd (hd0,4)/boot/initrd-12.4.56.img

the numbers after initrd will be different, also try it with just

Code:

kernel &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5

instaed of

Code:

Sourcemage kernel &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5

dylunio

**budman7** · 03-01-2005

Thanks, I will try that.

**budman7** · 03-02-2005

O.K, I tried that, no change, I posted on the Sourcemage forum, and I was told to move the default 0 above the title Sourcemage. But, all that did was change the error from 27 to 15(file not found) Dylunio mentioned in an earlier post that I should put an initrd after /boot with some numbers. But, I don't know what numbers I should put in there.

**dylunio** · 03-02-2005

Originally Posted by budman7

Dylunio mentioned in an earlier post that I should put an initrd after /boot with some numbers. But, I don't know what numbers I should put in there.

within your /boot directory there should be a file named initrd, and some numbers afterwards, for instance with my Yoper install the file is named /boot/initrd-2.6.8.1-3.img, so my full entry for Yoper is:

Code:

title Yoper
    kernel &#40;hd0,2&#41;/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-3 ro root=/dev/hda3
    initrd &#40;hd0,2&#41;/boot/initrd-2.6.8.1-3.img

Unlike LiLo I think GrUB has to use the initrd image to boot linux (correct me if I am wrong).

dylunio

**budman7** · 03-02-2005

So, I need to find out what those numbers are for Sourcemage.

I went into my /boot directory, and I see these files

Code:

.                           initrd-2.6.8-24.11-default
..                          message
backup_mbr                  symvers-2.6.8-24.11-i386-default.gz
boot                        System.map-2.6.8-24.11-default
config-2.6.8-24.11-default  vmlinux-2.6.8-24.11-default.gz
grub                        vmlinuz
initrd                      vmlinuz-2.6.8-24.11-default

Nothing for Sourcemage.

**Flatline** · 03-02-2005

Initrd is usually just a symlink to your default initrd.img file. It should work if you point it at /boot/initrd

**dylunio** · 03-02-2005

your stanza for Sourcemage should look like:

Code:

title Sourcemage
kernel &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
initrd &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/initrd

that should now work, I do take this is sourcmage's /boot dir...

dylunio

**budman7** · 03-02-2005

like this

Code:

kernel &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5
initrd &#40;hd0,4&#41;/boot/initrd

**Flatline** · 03-02-2005

Looks about right.

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