Bug 38609 – Need to change bootloader instructions for the 3.x series of genkernel

• Status: RESOLVED INVALID
• Product: [OLD] Docs-user

[Description Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) 2004-01-18 09:06:56 UTC]

Apparently, with the 3.x genkernels the kernel params that need to be passed
to the kernel have changed.  People using the old instructions are getting
kernel panics when the kernel tries to find the root partition (bug #36847), and, 
consequently, brad_mssw has been overwhelmed with bugs about this issue.

Reproducible: Always
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Here's the relevant info from the 3.x series README:

BOOTING A KERNEL WITH INITRD:

GRUB:
real_root= needs to point to your root partition
root=  needs to point to the ramdisk (should stay at /dev/ram0)
init= needs to point to the linuxrc file to execute on the ramdisk
vga=  should be the resolution you want your screen at  0x317 indicates
      1024x768 - 16bpp   and you'll get a pretty bootsplash if configured properly


GRUB EXAMPLE ENTRY:
title=Linux 2.6.0 genkernel
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.0-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc
real_root=/dev/hda3 vga=0x317
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.6.0-gentoo

[Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) 2004-01-18 09:50:02 UTC]

This is already in the handbook (reopen if something is missing)

[Comment 2 Grant Goodyear (RETIRED) 2004-01-18 10:59:07 UTC]

Sven,
  My sincere apologies.  I missed the distinction between GRP genkernel and 
non-GRP genkernel users.

Thanks for the quick response!