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Bug 17919 - Wrong GRUB kernelline in FAQ
Summary: Wrong GRUB kernelline in FAQ
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux FAQ (show other bugs)
Hardware: All All
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
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Reported: 2003-03-21 05:41 UTC by Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)
Modified: 2003-03-27 22:03 UTC (History)
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Attachments
fixed (faq.xml,29.05 KB, text/plain)
2003-03-24 16:57 UTC, John Mylchreest
Details

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Description Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-21 05:41:32 UTC
The FAQ mentions:

"""
However, if you are using a version of Gentoo Linux prior to version 1.0_rc5,
add devfs=mount to your GRUB kernel boot options so that the line looks
something like kernel /boot/boot/bzImage devfs=mount foo=bar
"""

However, the kernelline should be like

"""
kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage devfs=mount foo=bar
"""

or

"""
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage devfs=mount foo=bar
"""

depending on wether or not you have a seperate bootpartition (although the
symlink we have can make the second proposal valid in all situations).

So in short: add the (hd0,0) and remove one of the 2 /boot strings in that line.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 John Mylchreest 2003-03-24 16:57:07 UTC
Created attachment 9775 [details]
fixed
Comment 2 Jorge Paulo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-24 21:45:15 UTC
It seems to me that specifying (hd0,0) may end up giving some users problems 
since they may have Gentoo installed installed in a place other than (hd0,0).  
Perhaps a more experienced user can confirm whether we want to make this 
change or not.  If I don't hear anything back in a day or two, I'll change this to 
Resolved - Invalid. 
Comment 3 Jorge Paulo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2003-03-27 22:03:27 UTC
I don't see a need to change this.