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toak
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 Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 9:49 pm Post subject: Installation : Last Step : Rebooting [SOLVED] |
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Hi, I've just installed Gentoo on my AMD64 following every steps in the handbook.
I've set everything fine and correct. I'm using Windows XP on my hda and *installed* Gentoo on my hdb.
When I came to the last step, I rebooted and instead of having the choice to choose between Windows XP and Gentoo it automaticly booted Windows XP. Hmmm, I though that I might have not set GRUB with the right setting so I reboot with the CD in. Here's where it became weird, it's like Gentoo didn't installed at all. I'm trying to open /boot/grub/grub.conf but it keeps saying it does not exist. Maybe I'm wrong and it did install. I would like some support, please.
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Toak
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seank
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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You need to mount your boot partition (or whatever partition has /boot on it) first. So let's assume /dev/hdb1 is your /boot partition: | Code: | | # mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo |
Now you can edit the grub.conf in there: | Code: | | # nano -w /mnt/gentoo/grub/grub.conf |
Then after you're done, unmount it and reboot: | Code: | | # umount /mnt/gentoo ; reboot |
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toak
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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So Gentoo did install? Alright then.
But, what should my grub.conf look like?
Here's how I've set it
| Code: | default 0
timeout 15
splashimage=(hd1,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12
root (hd1,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/hdb3
title=Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,1024x768-32@85 |
By the way, /boot is hdb1, /root is hdb3, swap is hdb2
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seank
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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That looks fine. You probably haven't installed grub to the MBR of your windows harddrive (hda). What's happening is when your computer boots it looks directly to your first, primary harddrive which is Windows and boots up to it. So, what you need to do is install GRUB in the MBR (master boot record) of the primary harddrive that way when your computer boots to it, it will boot to GRUB and then give you options as to which OS to boot.
What you need to do is boot back into the livecd and run these commands:
| Code: | # mount /dev/hdb3 /mnt/gentoo ; mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/gentoo/boot ; mount -t proc none /mnt/gentoo/proc
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# cp /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
# grub-install /dev/hda
# exit
# umount /mnt/gentoo/{boot,proc,}
# reboot |
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toak
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nice! It works now!
Thank you.
But I got another question, when I load Gentoo, it goes to a black screen with text in green, similar to when I was installing.
Is this normal? I can log in, do some commands but there is no interface like on Gentoo's screenshots.
Thanks for solving my problem.
Toak
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seank
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| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, that's normal. That interface on the LiveCD is just some special eye candy to keep users from going totally insane.
Have fun with that new system and don't run commands without knowing what they do first.  |
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