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    HD install, LILO to GRUB conversion, boot error message.

    Dear folks
    I'm trying to change the bootloader of the harddisk installation of knoppix 3.6 on a compaq presario laptop from LILO to GRUB.
    The following is the entry from lilo.conf:

    image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27
    label="Linux(2.4)-1"
    initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27
    append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us apm=power-off nomce q
    uiet lang=us"
    read-only

    I changed this to:
    title deb-2.4.27
    kernel (hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=us ap
    m=power-off nomce quiet lang=us
    initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27

    for GRUB in /boot/grub/menu.lst.
    But I get the following error message during boot:
    (mount: fs type devfs not supported by kernel
    umount: devfs: not mounted)
    pivot-root: No such file or directory
    /sbin/init: 426: cannot open dev/console: No such file
    kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!

    I've noticed an open bug reported:

    23. Hardware Dell Optiplex 260. Installed Knoppix 3.6 to hard drive. hda1: NTFS, hda2 FAT32, hda3 linux, hda4 linux swap. At the beginning of the bootup process I get the following error message twice: (Norm)

    initrd-tools 0.1.73
    mount: fs type devfs not supported by kernel
    umount: devfs: not mounted

    But the point is I have been already able to boot by LILO as the secondary bootloader!

    What am I missing?
    Thanks in advance.

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    Your menu.lst should look like this:

    title deb-2.4.27
    root (hd0,9) **(check on this, is it really on 10th partition of first hd.)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 root=/dev/hda10 ro ramdisk_size=100000 lang=us apm=power-off nomce quiet lang=us
    initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 **(check on this, maybe you don't need this. Check in /boot, sometimes it's empty)
    savedefault
    boot

    Other ways to do this is, let grub update itself.
    1) Delete or rename menu.lst to something else: ex: menu.backup
    2) Open root konsole and run : update-grub
    Reboot, and see if it can boot properly.
    You can edit the menu.lst created by grub later on.


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    Quote Originally Posted by shah
    Your menu.lst should look like this:

    title deb-2.4.27
    root (hd0,9) **(check on this, is it really on 10th partition of first hd.)
    kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 root=/dev/hda10 ro ramdisk_size=100000 lang=us apm=power-off nomce quiet lang=us
    initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 **(check on this, maybe you don't need this. Check in /boot, sometimes it's empty)
    savedefault
    boot

    Other ways to do this is, let grub update itself.
    1) Delete or rename menu.lst to something else: ex: menu.backup
    2) Open root konsole and run : update-grub
    Reboot, and see if it can boot properly.
    You can edit the menu.lst created by grub later on.

    Thanks for the reply.
    I tried the first way but I got the same error message.
    For the second way I didn't find a grub-update on the cd so ...
    But anyhow the easier way is to quit HDD installation after you have defined your preferences and edit /root/.knofig and change the bootloader from lilo to grub.

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