Bug 17919

Summary:	Wrong GRUB kernelline in FAQ
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Component:	Gentoo Linux FAQ	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	fixed

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.