And it points to the partition number being shifted
AdrianS
did the install again, and have the same boot issue - will try it yet again and see if I can fix it by editing menu.lst - do you think that should work?
Kaj
Yes, look in the System Manager or df in the terminal what partition number you have, then adapt the menu.lst
The fundamental way to fix it would be to change the VMware emulation to ATA/IDE
AdrianS
I believe it is using ata/ide
not SATA
df shows /dev/disk/ata/hdd/0
menu.lst has root=/dev/disk/ata/hdd/0
isn't that OK
?
Kaj
Did you mount the image in an odd position in VMware? A normal boot drive is hda
In ATA terms, hdd is the slave drive on the second controller
What does the GrUB root() command in menu.lst say?
AdrianS
(hd3,0)
Kaj
At least that's consistent. I don't know why that boot menu option would not work
Can't you mount the image as primary master in VMware?
AdrianS
I don't think I had the choice
Kaj
You mount it somewhere when you create it, don't you?