Bug 29478

Summary:	grub now needs to be told to boot the kernel
Product:	[OLD] Docs-user	Reporter:	alexander brown <alexander.brown1>
Component:	Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide	Assignee:	Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) <swift>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	docs-team
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description alexander brown 2003-09-23 19:06:11 UTC

new install, following the instructions to the letter, have installed grub on
other machines (so not a confused newbie ;)

installed grub-0.93.20030118, as per the instructions, to install this on my
first disks partition (not MBR) kept on getting bumped into the grub console, on
booting. If i typed in (to the grub console) : 

kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3    (my corerect kernel argument)
boot                (the mising line)

this then let me boot my system as expected. I added in the boot line to my grub
conf & my PC now boots like it shouldve. Can the install instructions be
ammended to mention this boot argument please.  
 



Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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I have labeled this as normal, but i appreciate a newbie may think it is a
blocker issue, although it is just one line

Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-09-24 00:45:07 UTC

The problem will probably reside elsewhere. The "boot" command is not needed 
inside the grub.conf file. As mentioned by the GRUB manual:

"""
Boot the OS/chain-loader which has been loaded. Only necessary if running the 
fully interactive command-line (it is implicit at the end of a menu entry).
"""

Can you give us your grub.conf file please?

Comment 2 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-10-11 09:35:57 UTC

Time-out. Marking as WORKSFORME.