figured out some of grub

[David Chmelik]

>> That depends on where you have installed your kernel.
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>> Maybe just reinstalling grub on the MBR will fix things.
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> actually i meant /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5.  if i did not know 
that kernel info, i would not have realized grub does not try the kernel 
name  on path "/boot".
> right now it will not boot hurd (reboots) or netBsd (netBsd cannot 
find root device, and i do not know if 2.02 is a.out or elf).  after 
formatting, menu.lst use should be ok, but i am not until it all boots.

netBsd and lilo boot if i use chainloader, but in addition to "/boot"
how are people supposed to know that (instead of specifying for a.out or
elf)?
i wonder if menu.lst can have global linux kernel, but 1st i should read
if irqs stop hurd booting.

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