Re: rip-14.9: Modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst

[Svend Sorensen]

On 2/9/06, Kjeld Flarup Christensen (ST/LMD)
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Are you sure that your serial settings are correct?

The settings were correct.  It looks like the likely cause was a
framebuffer patch he applied to GRUB on the RIP disc.  I compiled GRUB
0.97 and replaced the version on the RIP disc, after which everything
worked.

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > address@hidden
> >
> > [mailto:bug-grub-bounces+kjeld.flarup.christensen=ericsson.com
> > @gnu.org] On Behalf Of Svend Sorensen
> > Sent: 8. februar 2006 01:07
> > To: address@hidden
> > Subject: Fwd: rip-14.9: Modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst
> >
> > I am trying to modify RIP, a Linux live CD which uses GRUB to
> > add serial console.  After modifying the menu.lst file, GRUB
> > will not boot any of the entries, and the menu gets
> > scrambled.  Here are the details, from the mail I sent to the
> > developer of RIP:
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Svend Sorensen
> > Date: Feb 6, 2006 3:39 PM
> > Subject: rip-14.9: Modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst
> > To: <snip>
> >
> > I am trying to remaster RIP v14.9, to add a default serial
> > console to GRUB and Linux.  GRUB refuses to boot after I have
> > modified the menu.lst file.
> >
> > I followed the instructions in RIP.readme.  After the step
> > where the stock initrd is extracted:
> >
> >   /rip2/boot/1# gzip -dc ../rootfs.cgz | cpio -iumdv
> >
> > I made a backup copy of ./boot/grub/menu.lst, then edited the
> > menu.lst file to add a serial console:
> >
> >   /rip2/boot/grub# cp -a menu.lst menu.lst.ORIG
> >   /rip2/boot/grub# vi menu.lst
> >
> > I have attached the final menu.lst file, but to summarize, I
> > added the lines to set up GRUB's serial console output:
> >
> > serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1
> > terminal --timeout=10 serial console
> >
> > and I made a copy of the Linux entries, adding serial console
> > by appending the following to each kernel line:
> >
> > console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8
> >
> > I then modified the initrd, adding serial console support (my
> > problem is with GRUB, so I will not go into these modifications).
> >
> > Finally I completed the instructions in RIP.readme regarding
> > remastering.
> >
> > When I boot from the remastered disc, GRUB outputs the menu
> > to the serial console correctly.  However, when I attempt to
> > boot a menu item (any item), GRUB complains:
> >
> > "Filename must be either an absolute pathname or blocklist"
> >
> > When it returns to the menu, the item titles are scrambled,
> > and unreadable.  I can select them, and edit them, but
> > booting still results in the above error.  GRUB behaves in
> > this way whether I use the serial console, or the standard console.
> >
> > Do you have any idea why changing the menu.lst file results
> > in GRUB refusing to boot anything?