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bodhe
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 Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| jmbsvicetto wrote: | Hi.
That means you forgot to mount /boot before installing GRUB and copying the kernel files. Do the following:
| Code: | # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/gentoo
# mount -t proc proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
# mkdir -p /mnt/gentoo/tmp/boot
# cp -Ra /mnt/gentoo/boot /mnt/gentoo/tmp/boot
# rm -R /mnt/gentoo/boot/*
# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
# cp -Ra /mnt/gentoo/tmp/boot/* /mnt/gentoo/boot
# rm -R /mnt/gentoo/tmp/boot
# chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
# env-update
# source /etc/profile
# cat /proc/mounts /etc/mtab
# emerge -av grub
# grub
grub> root (hd0,0)
grub> setup (hd0)
grub> quit
# exit |
That should help you get your way. |
i got that all taken care of, just needing some help on modules |
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rodolfo
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:10 am Post subject: |
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It seems to me that you have mixed the bootstrapping procedures for genkernel configured kernel and that of a manual configured kernel (compiling the kernel yourself using make).
I think a genkernel created kernel can not be used directly, you must have an initrd entry in grub.conf. I suggest you start over again from chrooting http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=6 to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/2005.1/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10. DO NOT DO 7.c. Default: Manual Configuration, its harder to bootstrap. DO 7.d. Alternative: Using genkernel, it's a lot easier to bootstrap (from my experience). Also check-out Code Listing 4: grub.conf for genkernel users.
Once you've gotten the hang of installing gentoo, maybe you can start experimenting with Manual Configuration. |
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plasmagunman
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 10:17 am Post subject: |
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i hope rodolfo helped you with your problem, i just want to correct some common mistakes in this thread, since they confuse a lot of people over and over again. i think it's important to understand these things, since then life is easier when grub-problems arise.
1: | adsmith wrote: | | Code: |
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
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should be
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
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Since hd0,0 is already /boot |
on all gentoo installations i have seen there is the symlink "boot -> ." in /boot. so it doesn't matter if you access your splashimage via "splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz" or "splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz" or "splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/boot/boot/boot/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz". a misplaced "/boot" is almost never the cause for a grub-problem (unless someone deleted the symlink). since i understood that i needed only half the time to find the real cause of my grub-problems.
2: | Gergan Penkov wrote: | | Quote: | title gentoo-2.6.14-r3
root (hd0,2)
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3
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I have the same setup for the first 3 partitions the root option setups the real root (i think it was with reiserfs, that you had to do some magic) and the (hd0,0) is the partition where the /boot resides. makes sense and works  |
that may work, but it's awfully wrong. as already stated once in this thread "root (hdx,z)" specifies the root for grub, that is the partition where grub is installed. if you set that correctly you don't have to specify the partition for the kernel-images, grub will look for the kernel in its (grub's) root. it would look like that: | Code: | title gentoo-2.6.14-r3
root (hd0,0)
kernel /kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3 |
another working possibility would be to specify the partition where the kernel can be found, then you don't have to set root: | Code: | title gentoo-2.6.14-r3
kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.14-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda3 |
most people set root and specify the partition where the kernel-image resides, but these two values should only differ if your kernel isn't on the same partition as your grub.
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Gergan Penkov
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| Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Well it seems you are right, but to find this I have had to read 3 documents, the official grub man and info pages are plain simple mess, as there are so much examples in the info pages, which are misleading.
Hm, probably I should correct this here, as it seems in this case the partition is mounted from grub, which is not what we want:)
Another day - another thing learned:)
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