grub doesnt load kernel

**robak** · 02-15-2004

i installed the 2.6.3 kernel and grub as bootloader but grub doesnt load the kernel so that i have to config the kernel and boot manually.

Code:

dafault 0
timeout 30
root &#40;hd0,4&#41;
kernel &#40;hd0,0&#41;/kernel-2.6.3 root=/dev/hde5

did i forgot something??

**mesut** · 02-15-2004

change it with

Code:

dafault 0 
timeout 30 
root &#40;hd0,0&#41; 
kernel &#40;hd0,0&#41;/kernel-2.6.3 root=/dev/hda5

but

Originally Posted by kernel.org

The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.2

**sarumont** · 02-15-2004

Or this:

Code:

dafault 0 
timeout 30 
root &#40;hd0,0&#41; 
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.3 root=/dev/hda5

Originally Posted by mesbaba8

but

Originally Posted by kernel.org

The latest stable version of the Linux kernel is: 2.6.2

Stable kernels are overrated, anyways.

**Nerderello** · 02-15-2004

does it need an initrd?

If so add an initrd /boot/initrdname.img line

have fun

Nerderello

**robak** · 02-16-2004

i tried all of xour tips but nothing works

i have no hda drive, only hde

**mesut** · 02-16-2004

then

Code:

root &#40;hd4,0&#41;

will work, i think.

**robak** · 02-16-2004

hd0 means that grub searches the kernel on the first hd, and i only have one hd installed on SATA. the only prob is that grub doesnt load the kernel automatically.
i have to define the kernel on every boot

Code:

kernel &#40;hd0&#41;/kernel-2.6.3

than i can boot the kernel

so hd0 is correctly

but I'll try this anyway

**Nerderello** · 02-16-2004

I'm unsure where your kernel lives. Do you have a separate /boot partition?

If not, then your root and the (hd0,0) on your kernel should be the same.

have fun

Nerderello

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