[CentOS] Slightly OT: Debian and CentOS multiboot: menu.lst problem

[Marko A. Jennings]

On Sun, May 27, 2007 10:56 am, Niki Kovacs wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to slowly migrate from Debian to CentOS, so I setup a multiboot
> on my main machine. There's a Debian Etch install on /dev/hda, and GRUB
> is also installed on the Debian side.
>
> On /dev/hdb, I have CentOS 5. I fdisked the drive manually, then chose
> manual partitioning during install. The setup for CentOS is:
>
> hdb1 -> swap
> hdb2 -> /boot, ext2
> hdb3 -> /    , ext3
>
> After completing the install, I rebooted on the Debian side and edited
> menu.lst like this:
>
> <snip>
>
> title                   Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18
> root                    (hd0,1)
> kernel                  /vmlinuz-2.6.18 root=/dev/hda3 vga=788 ro
> initrd                  /initrd.img-2.6.18
>
> title                   CentOS 5 sur hdb3
> root                    (hd1,1)
> kernel                  /vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 root=/dev/hdb3 ro
> initrd                  /initrd-2.6.18-8.el5
>
> Now when I try to reboot on CentOS, I get an 'Error 15: file not found'.
<snip>

Are you sure about the initrd line?  All initrd files on my CentOS boxes
have the .img extension.  Unless you rebuilt yours and named it
differently, that might be the problem.