Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Friday 13 April 2012 15:51:07 Dale wrote: > >> Here is grub: >> >> title=Initramfs-new_drive >> root (hd0,0) >> kernel /bzImage-3.3.1-1 root=/dev/sdb2 init=/sbin/init nox >> initrd /initramfs-3.3.1-1-tmp.img > > Your "init=" parameter points to (hd0,0)/sbin/init because of your "root > (hd0,0)" line. I think that's what you need to fix. It should say > "init=(hd1,0)/sbin/init" if I've read this thread aright. >
I have changed the root line to hd1,0 and it still boots sda. Other settings result in a failure. It doesn't even try to boot. >> Is this the init thingy mounting sda stuff and then Gentoo carries on >> from there? If so, how do I tell the init thingy to point to sdb stuff? > > By specifying "initrd (hd1,0)/initramfs-3.3.1-1-tmp.img" > > I hope I've got this right - it's late at night here. > But the kernel I want to use is on sda1. The OS is on sdb tho. I'm going to do this another way. I'm going to boot a stick thingy and just copy it that way. It takes longer but at least it works. Someone has borked grub tho. This worked just a few years ago. All I changed back then was the root=/dev/sd** to whatever you want to boot. Now it acts like it is hard coded to never change once booted. I just hope the thing boots after I change things around. May backup my packages first. ;-) Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"
