Re: GRUB 1.91 on PowerPC ( FC4 ) does not find its conf file

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Oct 27, 2005, at 1:45 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> ok printenv boot-device
> boot-device           hd:0               (eth)
>
> I then boot GRUB like so :
>
> boot hd:1 /grub/grubof.modules

This may be the problem. Is that how you normally boot? What about 
"boot hd:1,/grub/grubof.modules" -- does that work?

> This then results in the GNU GRUB  version 1.91  screen
>
> grub> set
> prefix=(hd)
> root=hd

From here, please run the following:
grub> suspend
ok dev /chosen
ok .properties

I seem to recall that the Pegasos firmware has a bug that prevents 
"suspend" from working; if that is still the case don't worry about it.

> Perhaps a menu.lst file is required ? The grub.cfg file is not found 
> by default.

No. menu.lst is not a grub2 config file.

> ps: I should note the simply hitting enter results in Linux starting
> to boot but then a kernel panic occurs.

Are you saying this is also a GRUB problem? If so we will need some 
details.

-Hollis