On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 04:26:26PM +0100, Neil Bird wrote: > > [cut down version of something I've tried to post N times now; it > just keeps disappearing somewhere ... ] > > Essentially, if I boot of a CD with grub on, I get the menu OK, but > trying to actually bot gives me 'error 25: disk read error'. Hitting > 'c' for the command line and typing the commands in the grub.conf > verbatim (below: root/kernel/initrd) followed by 'boot' works though. > > Why might there be a difference? > > > default 0 > prompt 1 > splashimage (hd0,4)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > timeout 4 > > title Linux > root (hd0,4) > kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 > initrd /initrd.img > > -- Why exactly do you want the grub on the CD. Why don't you boot with a rescue disk and place the grub on hd0? ======================================================================= There is nothing stranger in a strange land than the stranger who comes to visit. ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
