Bug 386705

Summary:	Grub Typo in Handbook
Product:	[OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org	Reporter:	rottingdead <rollerblademan80>
Component:	Installation Handbook	Assignee:	Docs Team <docs-team>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description rottingdead 2011-10-11 02:44:56 UTC

Hello, I found a typo in the grub installation handbook, I followed the directions, and made the necessary changes for my system, but there was something wrong in the grub file, and in the grub documenation, it has root (hd0,0) in the example, I went with root (hd1,0), but you cannot have a space in root(hd0,0), it gave me error 17 or 13, can't remember which,  after I removed the space and it's now reading root(hd1,0), it's now working. Thought I would let the developers know this, here's the link to the grub section:

In code listing 2.3:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10#doc_chap2

Thanks !!  =).

Reproducible: Always

Actual Results:  
Grub loading

Expected Results:  
root(hd0,0) in the grub handbook example.

Comment 1 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-10-12 09:42:12 UTC

nope. "root (hdX,Y)" is the correct format. your error was something else.

here's my working grub.conf:

***

default 0
timeout 6
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.39-ck
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda2 console=tty1 quiet splash

***

your issue was likely that you tried to boot the wrong hard drive number. in which case it's a support issue that belongs on forums.gentoo.org.