please help =(

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

on boot up i get a nice grub screen
when i choose gentoo
i get this exact message

Booting 'Gentoo Linux 2.4.25'

root (hd0,3)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.5-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=dev/hda5

Error 15: File not found

Press any key to continue...

i noticed that the top says 2.4.25 when the kernel is 2.6.5(real) does this matter?

how do i get it to boot correctly???

when i ls -l /boot i still get
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Apr 29 02:42 /boot -> mnt/cdrom//zisofs/boot

and i can't

rm /usr/src/linux && ln -s /usr/src/linux-2.6.5-gentoo /usr/src/linux

it says the drive is read only...

i know i've been making lots of topics for one day, but i've been up for 26 hours now trying to complete this install. I am determined to get it up and working before i get to sleep. can someone please help me?

dmouritsendk · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: please help =(

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

i always boot with the cd. can't boot without it yet.
and i think i did do something wrong cause everytime i edit fstab, save changes, reboot, and look at the fstab again, its back to default!!! with commented out default lines like i never touched it or saved it.

i can open my /boot/grub/grub.conf and when i write to it, it saves and when i reboot, the changes are still there, so that works fine.

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,3)/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.25
root (hd0,3)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.5-gentoo root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda5
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.5-gentoo

title=Windows XP
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

is the kernel wrong?

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

when i ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initrd*

i get No such file or directory

crap did i mess up the entire install?
do i have to

genkernel all

all over again and start from there?

dmouritsendk · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 4:54 pm Post subject:

your grub.conf looks fine (assuming hd(0,3) is the correct partition ofcourse

)), only comment i got is that "root (hd0,1)" (in the XP section) should be rootnoverify (hd0,1).

This confuses me a bit, you say that a ls -l /boot shows a symlink to your cdrom and you say you are able to edit and save your grub.conf. Where exactly is this grub config located?

Also, you say that the changes you made to fstab where undone when you reboot. Do you mount the devices after rebooting? If your booting of your cd, the root filesystem will be the one from your liveCD and not the one located on your harddisk.

dmouritsendk · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 5:15 pm Post subject:

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

dmouritsendk · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:09 pm Post subject:

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

i made those changes, i still get the same error message when trying to boot.

File not found.

hmmm, i've tried everything... when i make the changes, i have to umount right? then reboot.?

dmouritsendk · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:51 pm Post subject:

Reboot, do:

mount /dev/yourrootdev /mnt/gentoo
mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount /dev/yourbootdev /mnt/gentoo/boot

swapon /dev/urswap-partition

mkdir /mnt/gentoo/proc
mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc

chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update
source /etc/profile

rebuild your kernel, install the image files in /boot (not sure if genkernel does this automatically), verify that your /boot contains a kernel and a initrd file, update grub.conf so the filenames match if needed.

edit: forgot /proc and swapon :oops:

remix · l33t Joined: 28 Apr 2004 Posts: 797 Location: hawaii

ok! FINALLY!!! i got it to go somewhere, i did what you advised, plus i changed the line in grub.conf root(hd0,3) to root(hd0,5)
when i booted up and chose gentoo from grub, it loaded! straight into a tux login and tux prompt. is this where i'm supposed to be?
where do i go from here?

dmouritsendk · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 7:23 pm Post subject:

slartibartfasz · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

good job! both of you

welcome to gentoo!
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t_2199 · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Mar 2004 Posts: 146

unimad · n00b Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 2 Location: Placentia, CA

Just wanted to say thanks to all who replied on this thread! It got me past a handful of grub configuration issues...