address@hidden: Bug#108640: grub: doesn't load symlinks kernel images on reiserfs (big drive)]

[Jason Thomas]

anyone seen something like this before? I have a very similiar setup and
it works for me.

----- Forwarded message from Stephane Jourdois <address@hidden> -----

> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:37:18 +0200
> From: Stephane Jourdois <address@hidden>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
> Subject: Bug#108640: grub: doesn't load symlinks kernel images on reiserfs 
> (big drive)
> 
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.90-5
> Severity: important
> Tags: sid
> 
> Issuing the following commands at the grub prompt at boot doesn't work:
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdh1
> No error message, nor warning message, just prompt again.
> if I enter the 'boot' command then, it asks me to load a kernel image before.
> Then:
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-ac1 root=/dev/hdh1
> works fine.
> 
> 
> Now some important things about my config:
> - /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink to vmlinuz-2.4.8-ac1
> - I have a 75 Go IBM disk, a single partition on it. (/boot is in /)
> - That partition is reiserfs
> - my hard drive is brand new, but I used exactly the same config before, and
>   AFAIR, it used to work fine...
> 
> Perhaps a too small buffer for symlinks on my big drive ?
> I can run some tests if you tell me what to test...
> 
> Thanx.                                                                        
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> 
> 
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux mafalda 2.4.8-ac1 #1 dim ao? 12 03:12:05 CEST 2001 i686
> Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR
> 
> Versions of packages grub depends on:
> ii  libc6                     2.2.3-10       GNU C Library: Shared libraries 
> an
> ii  libncurses5               5.2.20010318-3 Shared libraries for terminal 
> hand
> (ii  reiserfsprogs             3.x.0j-6)
> 
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