[64studio-devel] Version 2.0 boot failure

[William McCanless]

I have been doing more homework. This is what I found as my multi boot set up:

	## ## End Default Options ##

	title           64 Studio, kernel 2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64
	root            (hd1,0)
	kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64
root=/dev/hdb1 ro vga=791
              splash=silent
	initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64
	savedefault
	
	title           64 Studio, kernel 2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64 (single-user mode)
	root            (hd1,0)
	kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64
root=/dev/hdb1 ro vga=791
             splash=silent single
	initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64
	savedefault

	### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
	
	# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
	# ones.
	title           Other operating systems:
	root
	
	
	# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
	# linux installation on /dev/hda2.
	title           SUSE Linux 10.1 (on /dev/hda2)
	root            (hd0,1)
	kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=0x314 resume=/dev/hda1
             splash=silent showopts
	initrd          /boot/initrd
	savedefault
	boot
	
	
	# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for an existing
	# linux installation on /dev/hda2.
	title           Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1 (on /dev/hda2)
	root            (hd0,1)
	kernel          /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 vga=normal showopts ide=nodma
             apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3
	initrd          /boot/initrd
	savedefault
	boot

It all looks right to me, but I couldn't find any reference to the
command "ro" used in the 64studio section (kernel
/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1-multimedia-amd64 root=/dev/hdb1 ro vga=791
splash=silent) between "root=/dev/hdb1" and "vga=791".

Suse boots as it should from the boot menu, but 64studio halts at the
point where it should access root files on hdb with the statement that
"hdb1 does not exist."(I gave the details in the first message on this
subject.)

Grub finds hdb from the command line, why not from this boot sequence?

What else can I try?

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