| Summary: | The default grub-install line does not include or mention the --root-directory=/boot switch | ||
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| Product: | [OLD] Docs-user | Reporter: | glenn green <gg> |
| Component: | Handbook | Assignee: | Docs Team <docs-team> |
| Status: | RESOLVED WORKSFORME | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | High | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | x86 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10 | ||
| Whiteboard: | |||
| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
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Description
glenn green
2006-01-30 19:11:22 UTC
(In reply to comment #0) > The default partition setup is to use a /boot partition, but the default > grub-install command line does not include (or mention) the > --root-directory=/boot command line switch. The result is an error at boot > stating 'invalid device string' without an actual grub error number. > > This is the case in the installation guide, x86 install handbook, amd64 install > handbook and the installation docs on the 2005.1 universal install cd. > > It only took a few minutes to locate the problem, and a manual grub install > would not be affected but this probably throws newbies a real curve. > Correct, the manual install doesn't show any problems. Actually, neither that nor the other way have given me any problems, even on systems without a /boot partition (i.e. /boot is on the same partition as /). (In reply to comment #1) > Correct, the manual install doesn't show any problems. Actually, neither that > nor the other way have given me any problems, even on systems without a /boot > partition (i.e. /boot is on the same partition as /). +1. Tried both with and without a /boot partition. |
