Re: linux boot hangs with grub

[Jochen Hoenicke]

On Oct 24, Simon J. Rees wrote:
> I have W2K and Redhat 7.1 on a new system. Redhat put lilo in the MBR but I
> would like to use grub to make a dual boot setup. I have compiled grub-0.90
> and used grub-install to make a grub boot floppy. Using the floppy I can get
> the grub console and I can boot W2K fine. To try and boot linux I used the
> following commands at the grub> prompt:
> root (hd0,4)
> kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7
> boot

Comparing the above lines with you lilo.conf the most important
difference I see is the location of the kernel.  Did you check the
kernel at /vmlinuz works?  Try this as your kernel line:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2 root=/dev/hda7 ro

This also sets the read-only option that was present in your
lilo.conf, just in case it isn't already the default.

  Jochen