Can any kind person give some info on the following: I don't seem to have a 'initrd' file - does it matter? Should I use the 'syslinux.cfg' off the backup boot floppy instead? How do I boot DOS usind GRUB?
Background is: When I installed Red Hat 7.2, it wouldn't boot off the hard drive - it only ever got as far as 'LI' or 'GR' and there it would hang. I've been booting successfully off floppy, but I decided to fix it. So, following the GRUB manual and various HOWTOs, I've just reinstalled GRUB and created a (/hda1) /boot/grub partition in which I put a copy of vmlinuz off my boot floppy (there was no vmlinuz on my hard drive). I also created a grub.conf file following the examples of menu.lst and grub.conf in the GRUB-RESTORE and Linux+Win9x+GRUB HOWTOs, and now it seems to boot fine. Those examples also include a mention of a initrd file thus: title Red hat Linux root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz ro root=/dev/hda2 initrd /initrd.img I can't find a 'initrd' file anywhere. Everything seems to work without it though. Does it matter if I leave it off? Next, there's also a syslinux.cfg file on the Linux boot floppy - should I copy that into /boot/grub and add line in grub.conf of: initrd syslinux.cfg or similar? Third, I'd like to also boot to a DOS partition (on drive /hdc) - but I can't find the right command to invoke DOS. So far I've got as far as title DOS map (hd0) (hd2) map (hd2) (hd0) chainloader +1 but I get a message 'invalid or unsupported executable format'. I'm not quite sure how to address DOS. If anyone has a dual boot Linux/DOS setup, the contents of their /boot/grub/grub.conf or menu.lst files would maybe give a guide. Thanks Chris - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
