Booting a kernel image from QEMU: grub error 17?

[DayOldPorridge]

So, I'm trying to boot a kernel image with QEMU, but whenever I get to the GRUB command prompt and try to do "kernel /home/user/kernel/kernel.bin" it gives me this error:

Error 17: Cannot mount selected partition.

I'm still a bit of a noob with QEMU, and kernels in general. Could someone point me in the right direction or tell me if I'm doing something wrong?

Thanks.

[DayOldPorridge]

Bump.

[Hu]

If you are using Qemu, you could just use the -kernel option to skip the bootloader entirely. Grub typically needs a disk specification, and specifying a fully qualified Linux path will not work. Your problem is a basic misunderstanding of how Grub works, and is independent of your use of Qemu or what Grub would be loading. The correct command will be something like (hdX,Y)/vmlinuz, but I cannot pick exact values for X and Y without knowing more about the topology of your virtual disk. If you can boot the guest into a LiveCD, showing us the partition table and fstab would be helpful.