anyone seen something like this before? I have a very similiar setup and it works for me. ----- Forwarded message from Stephane Jourdois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 01:37:18 +0200 > From: Stephane Jourdois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Bug#108640: grub: doesn't load symlinks kernel images on reiserfs (big >drive) > > Package: grub > Version: 0.90-5 > Severity: important > Tags: sid > > Issuing the following commands at the grub prompt at boot doesn't work: > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdh1 > No error message, nor warning message, just prompt again. > if I enter the 'boot' command then, it asks me to load a kernel image before. > Then: > > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.8-ac1 root=/dev/hdh1 > works fine. > > > Now some important things about my config: > - /boot/vmlinuz is a symlink to vmlinuz-2.4.8-ac1 > - I have a 75 Go IBM disk, a single partition on it. (/boot is in /) > - That partition is reiserfs > - my hard drive is brand new, but I used exactly the same config before, and > AFAIR, it used to work fine... > > Perhaps a too small buffer for symlinks on my big drive ? > I can run some tests if you tell me what to test... > > Thanx. > > > > > -- System Information > Debian Release: testing/unstable > Architecture: i386 > Kernel: Linux mafalda 2.4.8-ac1 #1 dim ao? 12 03:12:05 CEST 2001 i686 > Locale: LANG=fr_FR, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR > > Versions of packages grub depends on: > ii libc6 2.2.3-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an > ii libncurses5 5.2.20010318-3 Shared libraries for terminal hand > (ii reiserfsprogs 3.x.0j-6) > > -- > Stephane Jourdois - Ing?nieur d?veloppement /"\ > 6, av. de la Belle Image \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN > 94440 Marolles en Brie X AGAINST HTML MAIL > +33 6 8643 3085 / \ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Jason Thomas Phone: +61 2 6257 7111 System Administrator - UID 0 Fax: +61 2 6257 7311 tSA Consulting Group Pty. Ltd. Mobile: 0418 29 66 81 1 Hall Street Lyneham ACT 2602 http://www.topic.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
