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Hey, it's been awhile since I've had to troubleshoot something in Linux. so, time for info! I am currently running a desktop DELL with Ubuntu 6.06 installed. When I open ...
  1. 10-08-2009 #1
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    [SOLVED] grub.conf troubleshooting

    Hey, it's been awhile since I've had to troubleshoot something in Linux. so, time for info!

    I am currently running a desktop DELL with Ubuntu 6.06 installed. When I open the /boot/grub/grub.conf file, this is what I see:

    default=0
    timeout=20
    splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splashimg.xpm.gz

    title TechLinux (2.6.20)
    root (hd0,2)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.20 ro root=/dev/hda4
    initrd /initrd-2.6.20

    I'm not as sharp as I used to be with Linux, so my question is: Which hard drive and partition is the grub splash screen image located?
    Last edited by DaGoomba; 10-09-2009 at 01:16 AM. Reason: Problem solved
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaGoomba View Post

    splashimage=(hd0,2)/grub/splashimg.xpm.gz
    Which hard drive and partition is the grub splash screen image located?
    (hd0,2) is either /dev/sda3 or /dev/hda3 ... further info in linked tutorial here
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    Oh yeah. Duh, hd=hard drive. Thanks for that. I've got one more Linux box here that isn't booting right, I checked the error message and found that an Admin. had made a custom /boot/grub/grub.conf file:

    default=0
    timeout=20
    splashimage=(hda1)/grub/turbosplash.xpm.bz

    title Turbo Linux (2.6.10)
    root (hda1)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10 ro root=/dev/hda2
    initrd /initrd-2.6.10

    I'm thinking it has something to do with its location.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DaGoomba View Post
    default=0
    timeout=20
    splashimage=(hda1)/grub/turbosplash.xpm.bz

    title Turbo Linux (2.6.10)
    root (hda1)
    kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.10 ro root=/dev/hda2
    initrd /initrd-2.6.10
    References are incorrect ... they need to use grub format ... try replacing (hda1) with (hd0,1) for splash image and root entry

    Ed: (hd0,1) = /dev/hda2 so I'm guessing root partition is boot-able and is on /dev/hda2
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