[TriLUG] [eee] post-install, grub OK from external stick but not from internal SSD

[Lance A. Brown]

Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
>> title Normal Boot
>>         root (hd0,0)
> 
> this line is redundant, you have a root option in the next 
> line

No, it's not.  "root (hd0,0)" tells grub to assume the root directory, 
where to find everything, is hard drive 0, partition 0.

> 
>>         kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21.4-eeepc quiet rw vga=785 irqpoll
>> root=/dev/sda1
> 
> you don't have a disk here. Presumably grub will default to 
> (hd0,0). It would be better to explicitely state a disk.

He did.  In the root line above.  Specifying a root drive like this 
removes the need to edit multiple lines if you change where /boot is on 
your system.

The "root=/dev/sda1" line on the kernel command line is for the benefit 
of the linux kernel, not grub.

--[Lance]

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