Re: Announcing GNU GRUB 1.97 beta1

[Michal Suchanek]

2009/9/1 Michal Suchanek <address@hidden>:
> Hello
>
> With 1.97 beta1 I cannot use config files like the one attached.
>
> The message is 'You need to load the kernel first.'
>
> I did not try with 1.97 beta1 yet but with recent trunk I could not
> use the config file but I still could boot using these commands.
>
> linux /boot/vmlinuz-... root=/dev/sda7 ro
> initrd /boot/initrd.img-...
> boot
>
> A there is a suggestion in the Debian bug report to comment out the
> search lines but that does not help.
>
> Any ideas why booting with the config file might fail?
>

This is because the config file is from a previous broken grub
packaged in Debian.

I think this problem is caused by not loading the ext2 module before
attempting to load the kernel. I will try to test with some modified
config file to confirm if this is the case.

Thanks

Michal