Re: Help with grub bootloader?

["Gary Duzan" <gary%duzan.org@localhost>]

In Message <Pine.NEB.4.64.1406060842030.18631%screamer.whooppee.com@localhost>,
   Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>wrote:

=>Hi, folks!
=>
=>I'm trying to install a XEN3 image in a hosted VPS (at prgmr.com if it 
=>matters).  The instructions provided tell me to copy my NetBSD kernel 
=>files, create a "menu.lst" file for the bootloader, and then boot.

   I'm running NetBSD on prgmr with the following config:

-----
default=0
timeout=5

title NetBSD 6.1_STABLE
        root    (hd0,0)
        kernel  /boot/netbsd-61_STABLE-XEN3_DOMU.gz

title NetBSD 6.1_STABLE installer
        root    (hd0,0)
        kernel  /boot/netbsd-61_STABLE-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU.gz

title NetBSD 6.1_STABLE (old)
        root    (hd0,0)
        kernel  /boot/netbsd-61_STABLE-XEN3_DOMU.old.gz

title NetBSD 6.1_STABLE installer (old)
        root    (hd0,0)
        kernel  /boot/netbsd-61_STABLE-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU.old.gz
-----

   The kernels live in the root of that filesystem, and are stock
plus IPSEC in GENERIC.local.

   If you get a menu when you boot, see if there is a "User
Configuration" option and select that. You may need to contact prgmr
to get them to make it the default.

                                Gary Duzan


=>Everything works great until I actually try to boot the INSTALL kernel. 
=>I get the following error message:
=>
=>   Booting 'NetBSD install'
=>
=>root (hd0,0)
=>  Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
=>kernel --type=netbsd /boot/netbsd-INSTALL_XEN3_DOMU
=>
=>ERROR Invalid kernel: xc_dom_probe_bzimage_kernel: kernel is not a bzImage
=>
=>
=>The boot loader identifies itself as "GNU GRUB  version 0.97"
=>
=>
=>Thinking that maybe it wanted me to bzip2 the kernel, I tried that, but 
=>booting the .bz2 file gave me the same error.
=>
=>Any suggestions?
=>
=>
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