On 2/9/06, Kjeld Flarup Christensen (ST/LMD) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure that your serial settings are correct?
The settings were correct. It looks like the likely cause was a framebuffer patch he applied to GRUB on the RIP disc. I compiled GRUB 0.97 and replaced the version on the RIP disc, after which everything worked. > > -----Original Message----- > > From: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:bug-grub-bounces+kjeld.flarup.christensen=ericsson.com > > @gnu.org] On Behalf Of Svend Sorensen > > Sent: 8. februar 2006 01:07 > > To: bug-grub@gnu.org > > Subject: Fwd: rip-14.9: Modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst > > > > I am trying to modify RIP, a Linux live CD which uses GRUB to > > add serial console. After modifying the menu.lst file, GRUB > > will not boot any of the entries, and the menu gets > > scrambled. Here are the details, from the mail I sent to the > > developer of RIP: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Svend Sorensen > > Date: Feb 6, 2006 3:39 PM > > Subject: rip-14.9: Modifying /boot/grub/menu.lst > > To: <snip> > > > > I am trying to remaster RIP v14.9, to add a default serial > > console to GRUB and Linux. GRUB refuses to boot after I have > > modified the menu.lst file. > > > > I followed the instructions in RIP.readme. After the step > > where the stock initrd is extracted: > > > > /rip2/boot/1# gzip -dc ../rootfs.cgz | cpio -iumdv > > > > I made a backup copy of ./boot/grub/menu.lst, then edited the > > menu.lst file to add a serial console: > > > > /rip2/boot/grub# cp -a menu.lst menu.lst.ORIG > > /rip2/boot/grub# vi menu.lst > > > > I have attached the final menu.lst file, but to summarize, I > > added the lines to set up GRUB's serial console output: > > > > serial --unit=0 --speed=9600 --word=8 --parity=no --stop=1 > > terminal --timeout=10 serial console > > > > and I made a copy of the Linux entries, adding serial console > > by appending the following to each kernel line: > > > > console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8 > > > > I then modified the initrd, adding serial console support (my > > problem is with GRUB, so I will not go into these modifications). > > > > Finally I completed the instructions in RIP.readme regarding > > remastering. > > > > When I boot from the remastered disc, GRUB outputs the menu > > to the serial console correctly. However, when I attempt to > > boot a menu item (any item), GRUB complains: > > > > "Filename must be either an absolute pathname or blocklist" > > > > When it returns to the menu, the item titles are scrambled, > > and unreadable. I can select them, and edit them, but > > booting still results in the above error. GRUB behaves in > > this way whether I use the serial console, or the standard console. > > > > Do you have any idea why changing the menu.lst file results > > in GRUB refusing to boot anything? _______________________________________________ Bug-grub mailing list Bug-grub@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub