Sooooooooooo Close!!!!!! Help!!!

penguinpwrdbox · n00b Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Chicago, IL

Alright
I have done everything.
Complete Stage 1 install.
First reboot, I get the pretty splash.
GRUB loads
I can choose My Kernel from the menu.
And then - ERROR!!!!

"Booting command - list
Boot (hd0,0)
Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting.
Press any key to continue."

What's wrong?!?
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Mr. Atoz · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:14 pm Post subject:

Can you post your grub.conf file? What do your partitions look like? Are they the default?
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penguinpwrdbox · n00b Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Chicago, IL

I wrote verbatim the recommended grub.conf in the install guide, but, here ya go::

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux
boot (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3

PS, my config is as follows:

/dev/hda1 = boot (ext2)
/dev/hda2 = swap
/dev/hda3 = root (reiserfs)
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senderap · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:11 pm Post subject:

Post /etc/fstab
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Earthwings · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:12 pm Post subject:

penguinpwrdbox · n00b Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Chicago, IL

Ok, yeah, found that typo. So, now, it will boot, but, Kernel panic - cannot mount root filesystem........now what?
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Earthwings · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 7:48 pm Post subject:

make sure you compiled support for the needed filesystems (e.g. reiserfs, ext3) into your kernel. boot from live cd, mount partitions, chroot and type 'genkernel --config' or 'make menuconfig' in /usr/src/linux.

penguinpwrdbox · n00b Joined: 13 Oct 2003 Posts: 22 Location: Chicago, IL

I am almost positive I included reiserfs support into the kernel. Lemme check......thanks guys, for all the help....
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Mr. Atoz · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:10 pm Post subject:

Does your /etc/fstab look correct? Go ahead and post it if you are still having trouble...
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Earthwings · Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject:

and also what 'fdisk -l' tells you as you cannot misconfigure that one