ARGH% Help please!

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 1:35 pm Post subject: ARGH% Help please!

Well, i tried to follow the instructions from other threads about duel booting gentoo wth XP using grub. Anyway, it resulted in my wiping and starting again. This is what ive got so far: -

/dev/hda1 - Windows XP NFTS
/dev/hda2 - gentoo boot
/dev/hda3 - gentoo swap
/dev/hda4 - gentoo root

How would i go about setting up my grub file for the above settings?Thanks!
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nixnut · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:20 pm Post subject:

OK, ive set it up like that but when i reboot.. grub loads with horrible white lines going down the screen and i get some error: -

acidburn · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:23 pm Post subject:

the white lines are happening to me also...i think its a corupted splash image on the liveCD try taking the splash image out of the grub.conf i haven't been home yet to try it myself
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Earthwings · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:25 pm Post subject:

root (hd0,0) must be

daveb · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:26 pm Post subject:

To get rid of the error,

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:32 pm Post subject:

Ok, i changed my grub file to look like:-

Earthwings · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:35 pm Post subject:

Check your kernel's name. The sticky thread "grub error collection" lists the steps to do this if you don't know how.

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:43 pm Post subject:

Right! its working now (i think), i click gentoo in grub and its starts spamming code and stops at a point where it asks me to

Earthwings · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:56 pm Post subject:

Looks like you used genkernel... "Then kernel (hd0,1)/kernel-2.4.24 root=/dev/hda4" has to be

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:13 pm Post subject:

Earthwings · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:28 pm Post subject:

Can you post some context for the error message? Like five lines above and the exact message

asgardwarrior · n00b Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 46

I was having the same problem on my first install.
I did not use genkernel so I don't know if this will work.
In my grub file the kernel was listed as /boot/kernel-2.6.3/
I would get the same error you did so I made sure it was pointing it the actual kernel i.e. /boot/kernel-2.6.3/bzImage and it worked. Maybe something simular will work?

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:16 pm Post subject:

The error is:-

Earthwings · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

Edit: Try leaving out the "root=/dev/hda4" part in the kernel line.

If that doesn't help, too: Can you post your kernel config? It's in /usr/src/linux/.config

What filesystems do you use? Anything special about the hardware? Like SATA, SCSI etc.

Edit 2: Here's another thread with more tips.

jtaylor72 · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject:

What filesystem are you using, and have you compiledit into the kernel? I had this problem once and it was because I had forgotten to compile reiserfs support into the kernel.

nixnut · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:32 pm Post subject:

Oops, I meant

stevenp · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:34 pm Post subject:

I hope the following is what you mean, im a newb :p

Earthwings · Posted: Tue Apr 13, 2004 7:52 pm Post subject:

No. Boot from livecd, then