Code listing 43 in the Installation guide mentions the following: splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz If (hd0,0) is indeed a /boot partition then the "/boot" in the above line is incorrect. It should read: splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz At least this was what was needed on my system for Grub to look in the right place for the default splash screen.
it really shouldnt matter since in /boot there is a symlink to itself root@home root # ls -al /boot total 12 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jun 4 09:00 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 Jul 24 00:43 .. lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Jun 4 09:00 boot -> . drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 4 09:00 grub thus /boot/grub/ should work ... of course, this assumes grub can read links ... while this sounds like it *should* happen, ive noticed my splash screen also does not appear under the same circumstances as the bug reporter
I didn't have a symlink "boot" inside my /mnt/gentoo/boot partition. (Because I installed it over an existing debian system, that's why. I don't have a CD-ROM.) Because of that, I was unable to boot my system although I *carefully followed the directions in the x86 installation guide*. This bug, in my opinion, can be fixed in two ways. I would prefer the first one, since I think that the extra /boot/ in GRUB's config file is misleading and confusing. It should be gotten rid of. So: Alternative 1: - BOTH references to /boot/ in the installation file should be changed to refer to / - yes there are two of them: Change line in code listing 43 from: splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz to: splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz Change line in code listing 43 from: kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 to: kernel /bzImage root=/dev/hda3 Alternative 2: If it is decided that the boot partition must have a symbolic link "boot" which points to ".", then put clear instructions to make it in the installation guide. Or at least point out that it should exist. Also, you should specify _why_ it should exist.
(1) the symlink should have been installed by stage1 (or maybe baselayout ...) (1a) i installed via existing slackware installs, off of the cd, off of chroots, and some other random ways, and my symlink always existed (2) /boot/grub/ makes sense for when people dont use a sep boot partition
This does not seem to be an issue anymore, so I am changing it to closed. //ZhEN
