Re: grub-install to a partition

[Goh Lip]

On Friday 08,October,2010 06:51 PM, Barry Jackson wrote:
> But I can't get that entry to display in the menu.
> I don't see any syntax errors, maybe you do?
> I added the first two of these for testing:-
>
>
> menuentry 'Mandriva 2010.1 x86-64 root' {
> search --no-floppy --label --set 2010_1_64_root
> linux /boot/vmlinuz root=LABEL=2010_1_64_root ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img
> }


Gee, Barry, that is really strange. Even if entry doesn't boot, that 
entry should appear in the menu.  Syntax looks okay from here and make 
sure there is no space before "}". (or after) and save with cursor 
without space before it (just in case). I remember a script that is 
fussy about such things. - I think it is ".bashrc" never had syntax 
errors with grub menu.lst or grub.cfg

Or you can try using uuid instead, that is the default.

menuentry 'Mandriva 2010.1 x86-64 uuid' {
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
linux /boot/vmlinuz root=UUID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img
}

I boot using this all the time, just not /boot/vmlinuz, but /vmlinuz, 
for my OS sets syslink to / (from /boot); and I don't worry about kernel 
changes, all will be set to latest.


Barry, seems we don't have much luck recently, but I am not the 
superstitious type.  :)

Good luck, I mean - go break a leg :)  - Goh Lip