[Techtalk] RE: Problem with booting GRUB

c s stillsmz at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 3 20:19:58 EST 2003


Thanks Carla
 
> -----------------------------------------------
> default=1
> timeout=10
> splashimage=)hd0,3)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
> password --md5 ....
> title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8.img
>     root (hd0,3)
>     kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/
> hdc=ide-scsi
>     initrd /initrd-2.4.20-8.img
> title WinXP
>     rootnoverify (hd0,0)
>     chainloader +1
> ------------------------------------------------
>

>Is this an exact copy? Some things look wrong, like 

 >splashimage=)hd0,3)

>The parentheses are all weird, it should be

 >splashimage=(hd0,3)

 
Yes, you are right. It's a '(', not ')'. Sorry about the typing error.
 

>And this should be all on one line:

>kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi

 
Yes, it's on one line. Just because my email editor added a soft returne. 
 

>I think the splashimage line is the showstopper; fix that and see what 
happens. 

Just the '(' or whatelse do I fix?
 
Thanks very much
 
Donge


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