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bilbravo
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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject: GRUB Install Help [SOLVED] doh! |
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Ok all, I'm installing Gentoo on my wife's laptop... it's been a while. I've never successfully done a manual install of GRUB, I've always used LILO. However, I've had GRUB on this laptop with other distros, and think that is the best bet.
So, here is my grub.conf:
| Code: | timeout 30
default0
fallback 1
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,6)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.20-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/hda7
title Windows XP
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1 |
So what happens is that I get a black screen, and prior Windows would boot after 30 seconds. However, I changed the root line on "Gentoo Linux" and now it boots in to Gentoo, but I have nothing on the screen during boot than a black cursor. After 30 seconds it starts booting gentoo (with some corrupted unreadable font) then I get to a prompt... sometime during bootup it loads a module and my text clears up--but that's another issue.
What needs to change in grub.conf?
Edit: SOLVED, by me! I guess just typing grub.conf out made me realize that the splashimage line was incorrect. I changed (hd0,0) to (hd0,6) and I get a nice pretty gentoo linux grub menu.
So... now I Just have to fix my fonts during initial boot!
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| Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: |
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| As one who has spent many intimate hours with GRUB, I am happy for you, that you were so easily able to resolve your issue. |
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