grub error after install

jamespf · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 6

I'm a linux n00b. I spent about 2 days installing gentoo from the stage one tarball on a amd 500mhz machine. I followed the installation instructions at http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-install.xml as close as I could. I thought I had it... but it looks like I screwed up.

here is what grub says after it tries to boot:
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Booting command-list
root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3 hdb=ide-scsi

Error 2: bad file or directory type

Press any key to continue...

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I felt pretty comfortable following the directions until the grub part. I don't understand what bzImage is, and I'm not very confident with the whole grub config file in general. But I thought I did everything exactly as instructed.

Oh, and I somehow messd up the grub config file where you tell it to use a specific background file. Cause I just get a black CLI grub prompt. But that's a minor issue...

I would really appreciate any help you guys can give me.

handsomepete · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 2:48 am Post subject:

Assuming you didn't make a typo in your post, try hdb=ide-scsi in your .conf instead of hdb-ide-scsi

That's at least a good thing to try first.

jamespf · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 6

typo corrected :roll:

as per the installation guide, I have one HDD with a boot(hda1), swap(hda2), and root(hda3) partitions. Plus a cd-rw as master secondary ide, and a CD-rom as slave on secondary IDE. So that last part of the kernel line is my attempt to make the cdrw work. I assumed that secondary master is hdb. But I'm not excatly clear as to what's going on. It's more of a quess than anything.

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:21 am Post subject:

Try this from the GRUB prompt :

StuBear · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:47 am Post subject: Re: grub error after install

jamespf · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 6

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 3:53 am Post subject:

What type of CPU do you have ?

I'm asking because compiling the kernel for the wrong CPU type can cause a reboot like this.

jamespf · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 6

I have
boot bzImage grub lost+found
on the boot partition

I'm using an AMD k6-2 500Mhz processor.

parts of my make.conf look like this
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CHOST="i586--pc-linux-gnu"

CFLAGS="-march=k6-2 -03 -pipe"

ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"

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cyrillic · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:14 am Post subject:

The kernel uses its own settings (/etc/make.conf is for everything else)
In "make menuconfig"

jamespf · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 6

I booted from the boot cd so I could get to the files. I mounted the partitions and when I try to make menuconfig in /usr/src/linux it says comand not found.

can you tell me how far I have to go back in the instructions to enable make?

Also, will the options I picked the first time still be there? If they are I can just check it, and if it's right I'll be good. but if I can't check it, I'll have to recompile again... hours and hours and hours

the more I think about it, the more I don't remember anything about k6/k6 II processor family...

damn.

at what point do I need to start over in the instructions to re-compile the kernel?

And once that's done, do I have to do the rest of the instructions over again in a linear fashion, or can I skip stuff?

cyrillic · Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2003 4:34 am Post subject:

After you boot from the CD.
Mount your partitions the same way you did the first time. (make sure /boot gets mounted too.)
chroot, env-update, source /etc/profile
Then skip down in the instructions to the kernel part.
cd /usr/src/linux, make menuconfig

Your old settings will still be there.

Good luck, and Good night. (1:30am here)

ps. You only need to recompile the kernel, copy it to /boot, then unmount everything, and boot your new kernel. (the rest of your system should be good to go)

jamespf · n00b Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 6

the kernel was set for a pentium processor :roll:

That option didn't have a place for a star next to it like the others did, so I didn't think it was selected...

Anyway, it's compiling as I type.