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daniel_i_l
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I've tried booting multiple distros from a usb (slux, puppy, ubuntu) using grub. When I turn on the computer with the usb, grub loads. But when I select any of the distros I get:
Error 15: file not found.
I tried changing the root from root=(hd0,0) to all the possible combinations and nothing worked. Lilo on the other hand worked on two different usb's with all of the above distros. Does anyone have any ideas as to why lilo can boot from a usb and not grub? Is there anything special that has to be done to grub to make it boot from a usb?
One thing that seemed strange was that lilo doesn't make you specify a device name (just the fact that it's a usb) and grub does. Is grub having trouble with device names when trying to boot things from a usb?
Thanks,
Daniel
Error 15: file not found.
I tried changing the root from root=(hd0,0) to all the possible combinations and nothing worked. Lilo on the other hand worked on two different usb's with all of the above distros. Does anyone have any ideas as to why lilo can boot from a usb and not grub? Is there anything special that has to be done to grub to make it boot from a usb?
One thing that seemed strange was that lilo doesn't make you specify a device name (just the fact that it's a usb) and grub does. Is grub having trouble with device names when trying to boot things from a usb?
Thanks,
Daniel