Comment 9 for bug 477169

I'm using i386 image (an older AMD)

>Is this a grub error or a linux one? I understood it was the latter.
> To be more precise I understood that from grub, without any change, you are able to load the Linux kernel and initrd, but the initrd scripts cannot locate the root device.

the "linux" and "initrd" commands work, I can load the files (and it returns with the values that it succeeds). But when the "boot" runs, finds sda6 (the one it supposed to), but throws a "kernel panic".....

Using a new install, separate directory, same wubi type of loopback device mount, exactly the same commands the bootup just works...

> So I would expect you to end up in a busybox shell within linux (not grub).
> In there can you try to mount the windows partition?

That's not the case at all...
the gnu grub 1.97~beta4 that is installed by ubuntu can give me a shell, with a prompt like
sh:grub>

This shell, however don't have the "mount" option at all... I can set the root of the system I'm checking (with "set root=(device)"), so I can find the files on the windows partitions as well as on the /ubuntu/disks/root.disk loopback device....

Anything else that I can check?