If any are curious, I solved this problem with a really lame
workaround... I installed Ubuntu on the system, then dynebolic, then
added the kernel info for dynebolic to the ubuntu grub menu.1st file as
the first (0) item. Totally lame, but it totally works.

-sean



sean wrote:

> I tried it... no go. I still get the ominous grub prompt. And although
> I'm sure there is a simple solution, that seemed TOO simple LOL.
>
> -sean
>
> sass wrote:
>
>>I went through almost same process as you did, recently.
>>And I finally succeeded to boot with boot option prompting.
>>The secret is: LoL
>>
>>Just copy your grub.conf as menu.lst at the same directory.
>>
>>The grub boot loader recognized the menu.lst only not the grub.conf
>>
>>good luck!
>>
>>-sass
>>
>>2006/7/30, sean <sean@???>:
>>
>>
>>>First of all, I gotta say all of you have been a great help... and I
>>>love Dyne2!
>>>
>>>Okay, this is the last item on my to-do list and I've ran out of ideas.
>>>(The good news, is I only had two problems) I have Dyne2.1 docked on
>>>/mnt/hd1/1. I have a nest on hd1/2. Everything boots fine with the disk,
>>>but I've been trying to create a full install. I've tried virtually
>>>every option, and even re-formatted the system twice to make a clean
>>>start. I found this note in the grub.conf that came with Dyne2.1:
>>>
>>># install on the first partition of your harddisk, run:
>>># grub-install --root-directory=/mnt/hd1/1 /dev/hda1
>>># then copy this file to /mnt/hd1/1/boot/grub/grub.conf
>>># edit it for your needs and run grub giving the command
>>># root (hd0,0)
>>># setup (hd0)
>>>
>>>I did exactly that. The install works fine... all positive output. The
>>>entries I'm using for the grub.conf itself are fine... and I believe I
>>>can establish that because when I invariably get the grub> prompt I can
>>>enter each of my config lines by hand and the system will boot fine.
>>>Also strange; from the grub> prompt I can enter this command:
>>>
>>>configfile (hd0,0)/boot/grub/grub.conf
>>>
>>>which brings up a menu, with dynebolic as the only option... which I can
>>>then select, and the boot proceeds normally.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>-sean
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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