Ubuntu Installation :: Grub4Dos Freezes When Loading Initrd?
May 13, 2011
I am using grub4dos 0.44 but can't boot directly into Kubuntu. The bootup freezes at the step of reading the initrd. Can't copy 'n paste the exact bootup-message but it looks similar to this one, I found on another forum-thread:
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Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0x06 [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0xcff87] Unlike the guy who posted the two lines above, I installed Kubuntu on an ext3-partition (hd0,5), (which is /dev/sda6 in Ubuntu) and without an own bootloader, since I wanna use grub4dos instead of grub2. The installation is fresh - the initrd-file shouldn't be broken. My menu.lst looks like this:
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All I see is: Quote: Loading vmlinuz Loading initrd.img
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I got these when i try to install Fedora 12 from harddisk using grub4dos.
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dracut: FATAL: No or empty root= argument
dracut: Refusing to continue
Boot has failed, sleeping forever.
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# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
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# Default colors and also border colors
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first of all would be super nice if the method of .iso mounting would just run the liveCD but this fails in almost every .iso liveCD Fedora 13 included in the list of iso files that i have tested out
if somebody know how to made this thing to work, i am going to be more than thankful :]
secundo i have unpacked the .iso file to the (hd1,2)/path/ (partition is NTFS) and wanted to load those files from there through menu.lst without success
any one know the proper cede for the menu.lst to made it work?
i need to point tout that i am total nub if comes to any linux/grub4dos commands thats why i do ask for a strict working answer or a explanation why this wont going to work
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file-roller fails
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Code:
faust@faust:/# sudo apt-get -u dist-upgrade --install-recommends
Reading package lists... Done
[code].....
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