On Tue 01 Dec 2020 at 14:50:52 -0800, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd > gives this sample Grub2 configuration. > > menuentry 'New Install' { > insmod part_msdos > insmod ext2 > set root='(hd0,msdos1)' > linux /boot/newinstall/vmlinuz > initrd /boot/newinstall/initrd.gz > } > > No problem with vmlinuz and initrd.gz but the CD image is not found.
As David asks - where are vmlinuz and initrd.gz from? And what CD (?) image is being used? > The configuration which worked in the past had parameters on the linux > command. Similar to this. > > linux /vmlinuz root=UUID=50e0fa4b-6c62-40f8-8a84-46ab1413eb5a ro from=hd > fromiso=debian-10.6.0-i386-netinst.iso load=all reboot=bios I think you are misremembering something? If that is incorrect, you are applying something to an inappropriate situation. > The instructions at the URL above appear incomplete. Does anyone > happen to know how the ISO should be accessed? Loop mount at > /dev/cdrom? The instructions are complete. Loop mount? No! -- Brian.