From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail01.tacticuscommunications.net (mail01.tacticuscommunications.net [74.2.138.133]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5092E1093D for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:50:13 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail01.tacticuscommunications.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D16AD28804 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:51:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail01.tacticuscommunications.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail01.tacticuscommunications.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id roIpqUtOleWg for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:51:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from [10.0.10.20] (unknown [10.0.10.20]) by mail01.tacticuscommunications.net (Postfix) with ESMTPA id E5CE028801 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:51:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:51:46 -0500 (EST) From: luke To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Subject: Re: more stuff about installing from memory stick In-Reply-To: <20081117203238.GA13319@braille.uwo.ca> Message-ID: References: <8C61DBC44B0D4C2194AF83422CF67E47@randy3> <20081116004440.GA23474@braille.uwo.ca> <20081116004938.GL5265@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20081116034149.GA32269@braille.uwo.ca> <20081116102154.GB4993@const.famille.thibault.fr> <20081117203238.GA13319@braille.uwo.ca> Organization: Tacticus Communications, Inc. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:50:13 -0000 On Mon, 17 Nov 2008, Terry D. Cudney wrote: > Booting with grml and looking at the /boot/grub/menu.lst shows > that grub is configured to mount hd(1,1) as the root of the filesystem, > while the actual HD partition that is to be root is "HD(0,1)". I tried > editing menu.lst to reflect this, but still got the grub2 error on > reboot (this time without the memory stick plugged in). Forgive the reminder, but did you recall to run update-grub after editing menu.lst? Also check whether the kernel commandline in menu.lst contains some UUID or direct path reference for "root=". Luke