initrd in menu and command line

initrd in menu and command line

[Christian Demmer]

Hi,

I have the same problem as mentioned earlier regarding initrd:

If I place initrd in the grub.cfg file, it will not be loaded. Using the command line, I can easily boot my system:

Athlon XP with 1 GB memory booting of the first IDE drive, /dev/hda1 aka. hd0,0 is grub's root and linux /boot, /dev/hda2 aka. hd0,1 is linux root

My grub.cfg:

set timeout=3
set default

menuentry "Linux" {
linux /vmlinuz quiet root=/dev/hda2
initrd /initrd 
}

I tried to use the mem= option discussed in an earlier thread, but couldn't find any docs about it ...

Any suggestions?

Bye,

Christian

P.S.: I am only a user of grub2 ... and have very limited coding knowledge .. however I use a EPOX board with SATA which does not work with legcy grub ....
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Re: initrd in menu and command line

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Sunday 25 June 2006 14:48, Christian Demmer wrote:
> I have the same problem as mentioned earlier regarding initrd:
>
> If I place initrd in the grub.cfg file, it will not be loaded. Using the
> command line, I can easily boot my system:

It is not the same problem, if you can boot it from the command line.

> Athlon XP with 1 GB memory booting of the first IDE drive, /dev/hda1 aka.
> hd0,0 is grub's root and linux /boot, /dev/hda2 aka. hd0,1 is linux root
>
> My grub.cfg:
>
> set timeout=3
> set default

Here is an error. You should put "set default=0". Currently, the scripting 
engine is very fragile with an error.

> menuentry "Linux" {
> linux /vmlinuz quiet root=/dev/hda2
> initrd /initrd
> }

Okuji

Re: initrd in menu and command line

[Christian Demmer]

Hi,

uups ... sorry, while copy&pasting my grub.cfg it seems, I have lost some lines ....

here is my full grub.cfg (this time completely)

set timeout=3
set default=0

insmod font
insmod terminal
insmod vbe

menuentry "Kubuntu 2.6.15" {
   linux /vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386 root=/dev/hda2 splash=silent quiet
   initrd /initrd-2.6.15-25-386
   boot
}

menuentry "Kubuntu Rescue" {
   linux /vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-386 root=/dev/hda2 splash=silent quiet rescue
   initrd /initrd-2.6.15-25-386
   boot
}

Bye,

Christian

> On Sunday 25 June 2006 14:48, Christian Demmer wrote:
>> I have the same problem as mentioned earlier regarding initrd:
>>
>> If I place initrd in the grub.cfg file, it will not be loaded. Using the
>> command line, I can easily boot my system:
>
>It is not the same problem, if you can boot it from the command line.
>
>> Athlon XP with 1 GB memory booting of the first IDE drive, /dev/hda1 aka.
>> hd0,0 is grub's root and linux /boot, /dev/hda2 aka. hd0,1 is linux root
>>
>> My grub.cfg:
>>
>> set timeout=3
>> set default
>
>Here is an error. You should put "set default=0". Currently, the scripting 
>engine is very fragile with an error.
>
>> menuentry "Linux" {
>> linux /vmlinuz quiet root=/dev/hda2
>> initrd /initrd
>> }
>
>Okuji
>

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Re: initrd in menu and command line

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

On Sunday 25 June 2006 22:23, Christian Demmer wrote:
> uups ... sorry, while copy&pasting my grub.cfg it seems, I have lost some
> lines ....

OK. Can you try the CVS version? I've already fixed some initrd issues.

Thanks,
Okuji

Re: initrd in menu and command line

[Anes Lihovac]

Am Dienstag, 27. Juni 2006 08:36 schrieb Yoshinori K. Okuji:
> On Sunday 25 June 2006 22:23, Christian Demmer wrote:
> > uups ... sorry, while copy&pasting my grub.cfg it seems, I have lost some
> > lines ....
>
> OK. Can you try the CVS version? I've already fixed some initrd issues.

Sorry, for jumping in this discussion so late.
I am using initrd heavily with grub 1.94 and here is my grub.cfg file:


set timeout=1

insmod font
insmod terminal
insmod vbe
insmod gfxterm

menuentry "Linux" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}

menuentry "Reset to Factory defaults" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet 
custom=reset-defaults
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}

menuentry "Reset to Factory Video defaults" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet 
custom=reset-video
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}

menuentry "Complete Firmware upgrade ! ATTENTION ! ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet 
custom=firmware
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}


The initrd is about ~15MB big,so Kernel is setup to be able to handle this big 
initrd files.
Best regards
Anes

Re: initrd in menu and command line

[Christian Demmer]

Hi,

after comparing your grub.cfg to mine, the main difference is the filename of the kernel and the initrd ... so I copied my vmlinuz-2.6.15-25-686 to vmlinuz and my initrd-2.6.15-25-386 to initrd ....

Adding this entry to grub.cfg as default entry with

menuentry "Kubunutu" {
        linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 splash=silent quiet
        initrd /initrd
        boot
}

And that works!!!!

If I find the time, I will also try to install the newest CVS version.

Bye,

Christian

Am Dienstag, 27. Juni 2006 08:36 schrieb Yoshinori K. Okuji:
> On Sunday 25 June 2006 22:23, Christian Demmer wrote:
> > uups ... sorry, while copy&pasting my grub.cfg it seems, I have lost some
> > lines ....
>
> OK. Can you try the CVS version? I've already fixed some initrd issues.

Sorry, for jumping in this discussion so late.
I am using initrd heavily with grub 1.94 and here is my grub.cfg file:


set timeout=1

insmod font
insmod terminal
insmod vbe
insmod gfxterm

menuentry "Linux" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}

menuentry "Reset to Factory defaults" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet 
custom=reset-defaults
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}

menuentry "Reset to Factory Video defaults" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet 
custom=reset-video
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}

menuentry "Complete Firmware upgrade ! ATTENTION ! ALL DATA WILL BE ERASED" {
        linux /bzImage root=/dev/ram splash=silent vga=791 quiet 
custom=firmware
        initrd /loader.img
        boot
}


The initrd is about ~15MB big,so Kernel is setup to be able to handle this big 
initrd files.
Best regards
Anes


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