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Trotskey
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 Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:24 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] alternative to delete-reinstall? |
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I just recently (unsucessfully) installed gentoo using the Minimal Install CD. The most obvious problem is that I messed up my GRUB conf.d file, though I wouldn't be suprised if I had messed a few more things up. But what I'm really after is:
Do I have to restart the whole process to fix my mistake at the end? Does a simple chroot fix everything?
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yabbadabbadont
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If all you did was mess up your grub.conf, but the actual installation of grub worked (the boot loader was correctly installed to the MBR of the right disk), then you don't even need to chroot. Just boot the install CD and mount your boot partition, then edit the grub.conf file. If you need to reinstall grub, then you'll need to follow the instructions in the handbook for mounting your partitions and chrooting.
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Trotskey
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yabbadabbadont>
no good. I entered:
| Code: | | #mount /dev/sda5 /mnt/gentoo/boot |
as you said, but when I go to open up grub.conf, I just get a blank document. I also tried chrooting, but it didn't recognize the command.
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Then you did something wrong. Go back and re-read the handbook from the beginning through the chroot and grub sections. If it still doesn't work, start the install from scratch.
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d2_racing
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Hi, can you post this :
Also, can you tell us what partition do you use for your / and also for your /boot.
Finally, can you post the command that you use to chroot your box ? |
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Mike Hunt
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Trotskey, you need to mount and mkdir in order, something like this
| installation doc wrote: | livecd ~ # mount /dev/sda3 /mnt/gentoo
livecd ~ # mkdir /mnt/gentoo/boot
livecd ~ # mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
livecd ~ # cd /mnt/gentoo |
Then you should be able to chroot and/or edit your config files. |
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Trotskey
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| Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:46 pm Post subject: |
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ugh.. how lysdexic of me. I only mounted the /boot partition even though all the good stuff is was in the / partition. Thank you yabbadabbadont. I can now boot gentoo without a CD, but I still need the CD to fix a few things, such as the lack of an internet connection. 
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| Nice. |
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