On Thu, 18 Oct 2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > For example look at this working grub.conf entry: > > Figure 3: > title Fedora (2.6.22.9-91.fc7) > root (hd0,5) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 ro root=/dev/sda5 quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.img > > From our work above we are not interested in the title but we want > to figure out what the root is. It says hd0,5 which means in words > hard drive 1, partition 6 which can be also written /dev/sda6. > > Notice kernel and initrd and see they are just written as, for > example kernel /vmlinuz... This means the two files are in the root > directory. no, they're not. but don't let that stop you from disseminating yet more misinformation. it's what you do best, karl. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================
