On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 05:39:12PM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: > I am trying to bootstrap a Debian install with GRUB, but I fail:( > After some hours trying and reading I give up and turn to you guys. > > I've put the necessary files in /debian on a fat32 partition on hda1. > If from a dos prompt I do:
what are the files, if they are grub images they should be in /boot. why not just install it on the linux partition rather than windows? > > dosutils\loadlin linux root=/dev/ram initrd=images-1.44/root.bin \ > disksize=1.44 > > All's swell, but when I try GRUB menu's like: how did you install grub? > > #Menu 1 > title Debian GNU/Linux setup woody from mirror > root (hd0,1) > kernel /debian/linux root=/dev/ram > initrd /debian/images-1.44/root.bin disksize=1.44 > > #Menu 2 > title Debian GNU/Linux setup woody from mirror > root (hd0,1) > kernel /debian/linux root=/dev/ram initrd=/debian/images-1.44/root.bin \ > disksize=1.44 > > then the linux kernel barks that it can't mount it's root fs. > > Could some kind soul please explain to me what the heck I'm doing wrong? _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub
