Hi Folks,
GRUB 0.5.94 does not work correctly with Linux initial ramdisks.
Actually, it works with kernel 2.2.14 and presumably older kernels,
but it stops working with kernels somewhere around the 2.3.x series.
On 2.3.99pre3, the kernel segfaults on boot. Kernels in the 2.3.40
range panic, complaining that they have no root filesystem to mount.
The common thread is that the kernel never notices that an initial
ramdisk is present to work on.
I've copied Mike Galbraith on this note because he is the last person
who has touched the Linux ramdisk code. Hopefully you can work together
to find a solution. I'd love to help but I don't know enough Linux
internals to be anything but a nuisance.
For now, I'm using syslinux to work around this, but I would love to
switch back to GRUB soon. It's a killer bootloader.
Please let me know if I can provide any more details. I think this
problem can be easily reproduced.
Thanks,
Jeff
