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cyclefiend2000
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 Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: rebooting the system <solved> |
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i have gotten to section 10d of the installation manual. i think everything has worked well up to this point, but i am not sure that i configured grub correct. at any rate something isnt right.
i have on my hardrive 4 partitions:
/dev/hda1 --- ntfs
/dev/hda2 --- ext2 (boot)
/dev/hda3 --- swap
/dev/hda4 --- ext3
my grub file looks as follows (and this is almost verbatim out of the manual):
default 0
timeout 30
title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.28-r8
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-2.4.28-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda4
initrd /initrd-2.4.28-gentoo-r8
title=Windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
when i tried to reboot using the code listed in "Code Listing 14" of the installation manual, i typed exit and the prompt did not appear the same as listed in the instruction manual. i physically turned off the computer with the power button because i couldnt get it to shut down. when i rebooted i got the grub screen and i tried to enter the linux enviornment and i got a file not found error, but windows would still boot fine. (obviously as that is where i am typing this from)
does anyone have any suggestions as to a solution?
Thanks
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alphonce
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:14 am Post subject: Re: rebooting the system |
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| cyclefiend2000 wrote: |
/dev/hda1 --- ntfs
/dev/hda2 --- ext2 (boot)
/dev/hda3 --- swap
/dev/hda4 --- ext3
default 0
timeout 30
title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.28-r8
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-2.4.28-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda4
initrd /initrd-2.4.28-gentoo-r8
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Edit as follows to get the basic things working:
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.4.28-r8
root (hd0,1)
kernel /kernel-2.4.28-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda4
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if you get this working then you can add the splashimage and other fancy stuff.
(i would also recommend a change to the 2.6 kernel, it's much faster than the old one[/code])
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cyclefiend2000
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:29 am Post subject: |
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i tried editing the line as you mentioned and i get the same error.
is there a possibility that there is a problem with fstab or one of the other .conf files that i had to edit so far?
is there anyway to check the linux partitions from windows? |
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loki99
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:40 am Post subject: |
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did you use genkernel to compile your kernel or did you compile it manually?
did you compile ext3 file support into the kernel?
could you please post the exact error grub gives you? |
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cyclefiend2000
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:49 am Post subject: |
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ok i missed the part from alphonce that said to change the line to
root (hd0,1)
i changed that as well and now i can boot into linux, but i have no gui only command line. what do i do from here? the manual says that the installation is finished. i was wanting to use the system as a regular desktop system.
thanks for all the help |
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cyclefiend2000
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| loki99 wrote: | did you use genkernel to compile your kernel or did you compile it manually?
did you compile ext3 file support into the kernel?
could you please post the exact error grub gives you? |
i did compile using "genkernel all". so i think that i should have ext3 support. |
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smasher
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:03 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | i changed that as well and now i can boot into linux, but i have no gui only command line. what do i do from here? the manual says that the installation is finished. i was wanting to use the system as a regular desktop system. |
See http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml |
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cyclefiend2000
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:15 am Post subject: |
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ok i followed the link. one more question... if i want to use gnome or kde as the gui interface do i need to install the x windows server also?
thanks for all the help. |
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smasher
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | ok i followed the link. one more question... if i want to use gnome or kde as the gui interface do i need to install the x windows server also? |
You are correct. KDE, Gnome, etc run on top of the X server. |
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cyclefiend2000
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:19 am Post subject: |
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| thanks i will get started. |
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egberts
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:21 am Post subject: |
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Can you mark this thread as SOLVED?
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loki99
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| Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:47 am Post subject: |
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perhaps this is useful too!
happy gentooing! |
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Installing Gentoo
