can't find my grub.conf

googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

can't find my grub.conf
i have finished installing my gentoo

i installed bootsplash and ran rc-update
and i also copied the given initrd to /boot/grub
and i edited the grub initrd /initrd-2.4.26-gentoo-1024*768
but it is not booting that i have edit it everytime time i try to logon
when i tries editing grub.conf
there is no /boot/grub/grub.conf
there is not even /boot/grub directory exists
how can i fix it ?
i also want run bootsplash
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codergeek42 · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:21 am Post subject:

Is /boot mounted? Also, I remember that I had to manually make a /boot/grub/grub.conf a symlink to /boot/grub/menu.lst before it would work.
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googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

mmmm'
i guess
if it is not mounted i will make it
but
what else can go wrong

GENTOO FORUM ROCKS :?:

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pablo_supertux · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:27 am Post subject:

A wrong path while installing grub. Do you have a boot partition?

Post your /etc/fstab

run

googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

here is my fstab

<fs> mountpoint <type> <opts>
/de/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime
/dev/hda2 none swap sw
/dev/hda3 / ext3 noautime
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto
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pablo_supertux · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject:

and where is your grub config directory
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googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

i have this when i run find / -iname grub
/usr/lib/grub
/usr/lib/grub/grub
/usr/portage/sys-boot/grub
and after mounting my /dev/hda1 on /boot
and running find / iname grub gives this one too
/boot/grub
but when i reboot i need to mount it again
and inorder to boot i have edit my grub commands
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pablo_supertux · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:02 pm Post subject:

Ok, you have your boot partition and boot config files in hda1. Which partition is the root Partition? hda3?

Well, do this:

googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

thanks
but i have a configured grub
but my problem is with mounting my /boot partiotion permenently
yes i have my root partition on /dev/hda3
how can i mount my /boot partion pemanent
#ls /boot/grub
it gives
e2fs-stage1-5 jfs_stage1-5 reiserfs-stage1-5 vsfats_stage1_5

and a lot moe files that usually resides in there
with splash.xpm.gz
could i run a splash screen too?
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pablo_supertux · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 6:39 pm Post subject:

googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

i had edited everhthing like u said and i edited it
in the way they said in the bootsplash doc too
now it takes such a long time to load grub
and after bootin it gives me a funny screen with horizontal dotted lines
and if i press enter to boot it gives me this message

booting command-list
root (hd0,0)
file system type is ext2fs , partition type (not clear*)
kernel /kernel-2.4.26-gentoo-r6 root=dev/hda3 vga=791 video=vesa 1024*768
error ID file not found
press any key to continue
still i am having a black & white mode dirupted display
please help me fix this
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pablo_supertux · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject:

Perhaps this could help: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=49036
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asiobob · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 1:03 am Post subject:

there appears to be a spelling error the various references to fstab

its /dev/hda1 but yours says /de/hda1

googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

i reinstalled gentoo and recompiled my kernel
and added bootsplash too
but now my problem is my computer bootstraps
it is not showing my grub menu
and after the time out specified ie 50
it is booting mr to gentoo
first it shows some disrupted display
and after that it boots with splash mode
and after a while Iam getting a kernel panic message
can anyone help me !!??
thanks in advance
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pablo_supertux · Posted: Fri Sep 24, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject:

which kernel panic message? Have you built the filesystem of the root partition in the kernel?

I would make the thing with the bootsplash and so at the very end, when everythin runs.
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googoo · n00b Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 25 Location: nomansland

thanks pablo i got it fixed
this was the message i was getting
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hda3
Ii been 2.4 kernel
and yesterday only i compiled a 2.6 one
it was the problem with 2.6 kernel
then i changed my boot option in my grub.conf
from root=/dev/hda3 to 0303
here is my grub.conf

default=0
timeout=30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=googoonix
root=(hd0,0)
kernel=(hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=0303 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317
initrd=/boot/initrd-gentoo-1024x768

is there any suggestions u can give
thank you
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jwb · n00b Joined: 27 Aug 2004 Posts: 4 Location: LA, California

Your initial problem (missing grub.conf file) is an aspect of the system:
Changing GRUB Bootup Menu:
You will not be allowed to access the grub.conf file
if you boot from the disk it is on.
So boot from your installation CD
(a Linux boot floppy should also work),

... boot: *as you did at first*
# mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# nano -w /mnt/gentoo/boot/grub/grub.conf
edit to taste, then
# reboot
(Remember to remove boot media)
Obviously, "hda1" & "hda3" should be replaced with
the appropriate labels for your "boot" and "/" partitions.
This will work.