what to add on grub.conf

jan1024188 · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:24 pm Post subject: what to add on grub.conf

if i install gentoo 2006 on hda7 what will i have to add on grub.conf..
i have a GRUB bootloader from fedora core 4
so ill have to add

title Gentoo
root (hd0,6)
kernel ??????
vmlinuz?????
else????

can please anybody copy here his grub.conf with gentoo 2006 on it

thanks

mfyahya · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 02 Feb 2006 Posts: 110

title gentoo
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7

should be enough

splashimage=(hd0,6)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

if you want a nice colors

mikegpitt · Advocate Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 3224

This should anwser all your questions:
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=1&chap=10

jan1024188 · Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject:

it doesnt work
im using a GRUB from FC4

davascript · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2004 Posts: 618 Location: Pennsylvania

jan1024188 · Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2006 7:34 pm Post subject:

error 15 file not found

fk · n00b Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 39

have you a seperate boot partition? If yes, do you use this partition with gentoo?

If you do this the grub.conf must look like this