Help a Vector newb with GRUB settings, please!

[rebbi]

Hi,

I am a newbie to Vector but not to Linux. I purchased the two-disc set  of Vector Deluxe,  6.0.

I've successfully installed Vector on a laptop that already contained Elive. I opted not to install LILO because I didn't  want to risk  messing up my GRUB installation. I do know how to edit the GRUB menu.lst  file, but I have no idea what kind of GRUB entry I need  to be able to boot Vector from GRUB. For what it's worth, I have Vector installed to hdc5 and hdc6, with hdc5 as / and hdc6 as /home. There's also a separate swap partition.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[uelsk8s]

it should be something like that

 title Vector Linux
  root (2,6)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc5 ro vga=791
  initrd /boot/initrd

[rebbi]

it should be something like that

 title Vector Linux
  root (2,6)
  kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdc5 ro vga=791
  initrd /boot/initrd

root (2,6) and not (0,6)? It's an internal ide drive.

Thanks!

[flip city]

Here's mine. I also use grub only.

title Vector Linux 6.0
root (hd0,5)
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.29 root=/dev/hda6 vga=791 splash=silent ro
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd
boot

where hd0=master HD and 5=partition

Important Note: Linux starts counting from 0 not 1. So if vector is on the 6th partition, it will be read as 5.

[rebbi]

Here's mine. I also use grub only.

title Vector Linux 6.0
root (hd0,5)
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.29 root=/dev/hda6 vga=791 splash=silent ro
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd
boot

where hd0=master HD and 5=partition

Important Note: Linux starts counting from 0 not 1. So if vector is on the 6th partition, it will be read as 5.

For what it's worth, after a lot of tinkering and head scratching, here's what worked for me:

title Vector Linux 6.0
root (hd0,4)
kernel  /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27.12 root=/dev/hdc5 vga=791 splash=silent ro
initrd /boot/initrd
boot

Thanks for the help!!