problem booting!@!!

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

so i followed all the steps from installation guide, rebooted & got this error:

root (hd0,0)
filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-1.4 root=/dev/hda3
Error is: file not found

help!!!

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

If hd0,0 is your boot partition your kernel is probably on the root of it and not in a directory called boot.

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

how can i find that? when i reboot, the options i have are:
select entry (only 1) to boot selected OS
e to edit commands before booting
a to modify kernel arguments
c for command line

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

I haven't played much with grub (are you using grub?) but if you know where your kernel is you could try the e option. If you have the livecd you could boot from that, mount the drive, see where the kernel is and edit your config file to match that.

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

yes, i am using grub.

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

Do you have the livecd? Can you try one of my suggestions?

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

i put in the livecd & now i'm at the cdimage root#: prompt
i typed: ls /mnt/cdrom/distfiles/
is this the version:
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-4363.tar.gz?
so it'd be version 1.0

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

Ok, let's try mounting your boot partition. I'm going to assume it is hda1 but if it's not you'll need to subtitute hda1 with your boot partition. First you could "mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot" Then "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot" Then "ls /mnt/gentoo/boot" Tell me what you see. Im hope I wrote the commands correctly as it is night here and I'm a bit sleepy.

edit: That is a package. So that's not your kernel. Try mounting your boot partition, your kernel should be there if you followed the installation guide.

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

disregard my last post, i followed what you just wrote. here's what i see:
System.map System.map-2.4.20-gentoo-r6 boot grub (then on same line...)
initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r6 kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r6

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

Ok, this looks good. Did you use genkernel when compiling your kernel? Can you do "nano -w /mnt/gentoo/boot/grub/grub.conf"?

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

yes i did use that. i'll try now:
okay, there it says:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

# If you're using a GRP genkernel, use something like this instead:
title=My Gentoo Linux (genkernel)
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-1.4 root=/dev/hda3
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-1.4

change the 1.4 to 2.4.20?

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

title=My Gentoo Linux (genkernel)
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/hda3
initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r6

Try putting it like that. Then save the file, "umount /dev/hda1", "reboot" and see what happens (don't forget to take the cd out first).

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

it loaded fine, but when i go to log in it says:
webserver (what i named the hostname) login:
i type in matt (the day-to-day user)
then the password
says no such file or directory (something along those lines)

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

Hmm, this sound weird. Can you log in as root? I have never seen anything like that so I might not be the best person to help you on this new problem.

mjpuczko · n00b Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 17

yes, root works. logging in as root gets me to:
webserver root #:

Tii · l33t Joined: 02 Jan 2004 Posts: 733

Can you try deleting your user matt and creating him again? You can delete users with "userdel matt". Then remake him as in the installation guide "useradd matt -m -G users,wheel,audio -s /bin/bash"

edit: typo
edit2: I'm going to bed. Hope you have fun with your new installation and get things working.