New install boots but then stalls as wrong / defined.

[chris_andrew]

Hi, all.

I did an install and went for the genkernel option, as I wanted to power-down the PC before going away.

Now that I boot to finish the install instructions, I get the message:

[NeddySeagoon]

chris_andrew,

Your file is at /boot/grub/grub.conf if /boot looks empty, is because Gentoo does not mout it by default.
Try

[glamoroushacker]

You need to change the /boot/grub/grub.conf file and instead of real_root=/dev/hda1, change it to real_root=/dev/hda2. The real_root is the root (/) of the file system, not the /boot directory. It doesn't need the /boot (/dev/hda1) directory (device) because grub already loads the kernel.
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[chris_andrew]

[glamoroushacker]

try unmounting /boot and see if there is anything in the directory. It sounds like you installed the files prior to mount the device.
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[Aoliv]

If you went up to genkernel (Item 7) you didn't install grub yet (Item 10)

Re-start from the beginer. there are some steps that you don't need to do, but others you must. You don't need to "Preparing the Disks", but you need to proper enter in chroot enviroment, etc.

[chris_andrew]

Hi,

I emerge'd grub and configured it incorrectly. When I boot, I also get the splash screen. Hopefully I should just need to fix grub, somehow.

Chris.
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[NeddySeagoon]

chris_andrew,

Correct. Inside the chroot, grub.conf is in /boot/grub

The question is, do you have a real boot partition or is /boot a directory on your root partition?
You need to look in /boot both with and without /boot being mouted.

grub.conf is in one of those places as you are using it.
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