[syslinux] EXTLINUX: Reading the extlinux.conf but can't find Kernel

[Jacob Alifrangis]

Please send your extlinux config file

I think it's something in your config file


On 2/5/08 4:12 PM, "Dan Keating" <dan at silverlotus.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Folks,
> 
> OK - I'm not entirely new to Linux but I'm certainly not great on the
> boot process. What I'm trying to achieve is to boot from an external USB
> HDD (not flash drive) using EXTLINUX.
> 
> I've run an installation against the disk using a VM. The disk was
> partitioned as follows:
> 
> /dev/sda1 = /boot (bootable)
> /dev/sda2 =/swap
> /dev/sda3=/ (i.e. root)
> /dev/sda4=/dos
> 
> sda1 and 3 are formatted as EXT3 .. sda4 is FAT32.
> 
> As far as I can see, I've followed the instructions correctly and
> initialised extlinux against the /boot/extlinux directory I've created.
> MBR has been copied to /dev/sda
> extlinux.conf has been created and I know that it's being read at boot
> time (I left a SAY command in the file which appears at boot).
> 
> However - I always get the message returned "Could not find Kernel
> Image" then the path I specify to my kernel.
> 
> My understanding is that this will be the vmlinuz entry in the /boot
> directory (which in my case is vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-server). So I've
> specified /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-15-server as the value for my
> extlinux.conf kernel parameter but it doesn't seem to be recognised.
> 
> It's obvious that I'm missing something here - and it's probably a hole
> in my understanding of how this should work - but if anyone can help
> plug that gap then please help.
> 
> Regards
> Dan
> 
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