RE: Autoload grub.conf

[Gary Cote]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Treutwein Bernhard
> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 7:01 AM
>
> general the file /boot/grub/menu.lst is autoloaded.
> I have no idea about RH 9 and/or if RH uses a different
> name and/or path. Your subject implies to me that
> you called the file grub.conf ...



Thanks for writing.

I still haven't figured out why the menu interface doesn't kick in
automagically. What you said about menu.lst is true. It's typically
a softlink to grub.conf, though, as is the case with my system.
Note that, once my system boots to the grub> prompt, I can load the
menu interface by calling "configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst."

Here's my /boot/grub directory and grub.conf file for your reference.
Anything look awry here?


address@hidden grub]# ll
total 228
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          101 Aug 19 08:11 device.map
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        10848 Aug 21 18:44 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         9776 Aug 21 18:44 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         8864 Aug 21 18:44 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          602 Sep 20 08:53 grub.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        11072 Aug 21 18:44 jfs_stage1_5
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           11 Aug 19 08:11 menu.lst ->
./grub.conf
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         9280 Aug 21 18:44 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        12512 Aug 21 18:44 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         7985 Sep  6  2002 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Aug 21 18:44 stage1
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       130340 Aug 21 18:44 stage2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         8576 Aug 21 18:44 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        12552 Aug 21 18:44 xfs_stage1_5


address@hidden grub]# cat grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE:  You have a /boot partition.  This means that
#          all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
#          root (hd1,0)
#          kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hdb6
#          initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-19.7)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-19.7 ro root=/dev/hda6 hdd=ide-scsi

#
#title Windows XP
#       root (hd0,0)
#       makeactive
#       chainloader +1
#