address@hidden: Bug#136766: grub: doesnt like /dev/root]

[Jason Thomas]

Hi, would like some help with this one. I understand why there is a
problem but not what todo about it.  any ideas?

Thanks.

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> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 13:13:38 +0100
> From: Andrea Mennucc <address@hidden>
> To: Debian Bug Tracking System <address@hidden>
> Subject: Bug#136766: grub: doesnt like /dev/root
> 
> Package: grub
> Version: 0.91-2
> Severity: important
> 
> hi
> 
> I wanted to use grub instead of lilo
> 
> so I installed the grub .deb and typed 
>   grub-install /dev/hda
> but got 
>  /dev/root: Not found or not a block device.
> 
> indeed the latest kernels have this mount table:
> --
> /dev/root.old on /initrd type cramfs (rw)
> /dev/root on / type ext3 (rw)
> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> ...
> --
> 
> nonetheless the device map seems to be correct: it is
> --
> (fd0) /dev/fd0
> (hd0) /dev/hda
> (hd1) /dev/hdb
> --
> 
> I have also run update-grub which generates a menu that seems ok
> 
> bye
> 
> a.
> 
> -- System Information
> Debian Release: 3.0
> Architecture: i386
> Kernel: Linux Tonelli 2.4.16-586 #1 Wed Nov 28 08:21:15 EST 2001 i686
> Locale: LANG=it_IT, LC_CTYPE=it_IT
> 
> Versions of packages grub depends on:
> ii  libc6                    2.2.5-3         GNU C Library: Shared libraries 
> an
> ii  libncurses5              5.2.20020112a-3 Shared libraries for terminal 
> hand
> 
> -- 
> Andrea Mennucc
>  "E' un mondo difficile. Che vita intensa!" (Renato Carotone)
> 

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