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Tattooeddude
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 Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:05 pm Post subject: First boot problems! |
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Hi!
Just finished installing Gentoo- then rebooted and got this
Black and white screen if press return I get this
booting "my example gentoo Linux genkernel
root hd0,0
file system type is extfs
partition type is 0*83
Error 1: file name must be either an sbsolue pathname or block list
press any key to continue. THat's it
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Dillinger
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I just looked at your other post again, I think you might have gotten the kernel version number wrong. Instead of kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-1.4 try kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4, same with the initrd. I don't use genkernel, but I think if you're unsure of the number you can boot with the live cd and look in /usr/src, there should be a genkernel directory with the kernel version number. |
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Tattooeddude
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| Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2003 11:54 pm Post subject: |
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Hi!
THanks for the replies  I think you could be right -ti could be the wrong kernel version. I booted from the Gentoo Live cd, the went back to code listing 23.2
When I got to codel listing 23.4
and did nano- w /boot/grub/grub.conf there was nothing there. WHen I typed in
Code:
Default 0
Timeout 30
Splashimage=(hd0,0) /boot/grub/spash.xpm.gz
Title=My example Gentoo Linux (Genkernel)
Root (hd0,0)
Kernel (hd0,0) /boot/kernel1.4 root=/dev/hda1
Initrd (hd0,0) /boot/initrd-1.4
and tried to save it- it keeps saying read only. |
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corrs_fan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:25 am Post subject: |
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can you mount your boot partition :
and then do the following
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cd /boot
mkdir test (or whatever)
ls -l
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if you cannot see a dir called test, then your /boot is mounted as read-only. you need to go & edit your /etc/fstab file & change your mount options for this partition. (something im not to up on, but you dont really want it mounted -ro or something resembling that. If you need help just search the forums 
if you do see the test folder , then check the permissions on the /boot/grub/grub.conf (using ls -l) you want to see at lest one w in the far left hand permission thing, and the oiwner as root, (you are root at this point, right...) (whoami)
HTH
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Tattooeddude
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:45 am Post subject: |
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Hi
THanks |
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Dillinger
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 12:48 am Post subject: |
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| He can't just mount /boot, that wont do anything. He needs to mount /dev/hd?? /mnt/gentoo then mount /dev/hd?? /mnt/gentoo/boot in order to access his / and /boot partition from the liveCD. |
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Tattooeddude
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:01 am Post subject: |
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I'm thinking about doing the install again( I enjoyed it ) I don't think I'm far way for getting it! This time I'm going to try lilo
A couple of questions
1) Do I have to do this for my graphic card? it's a Geforce 2MX
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Video_card="Geforce 2MX" emerge xfree-drm? It's at code listing 16.7.
I missed that out.
2) In code listing 23.6 config /etc/lilo
what this be right?
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nano -w /etc/lilo.conf |
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Dillinger
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:22 am Post subject: |
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| I would advise against using LILO. GRUB is far more practical, and far easier to set up. And don't give up on your current install! You've gotten this far, you just need the correct kernel number. I think it may be Kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5, this is taken from a thread in another forum I was helping someone in. |
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Tattooeddude
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:30 am Post subject: |
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Hi!
I'm really enjoying installing Gentoo as well as learning so much
I think I will try Grub again.
Should I have this?
1) Do I have to do this for my graphic card? it's a Geforce 2MX
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Video_card="Geforce 2MX" emerge xfree-drm? It's at code listing 16.7.
I missed that out. |
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Dillinger
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 1:37 am Post subject: |
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| You can if you want to, it says it gives accelerated graphics for video cards. Only the command is VIDEO_CARDS="yourcard" emerge xfree-drm, which you can do after you get Gentoo up and running, just open a terminal and run that as root. |
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corrs_fan
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| Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2003 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| Dillinger wrote: | | He can't just mount /boot, that wont do anything. He needs to mount /dev/hd?? /mnt/gentoo then mount /dev/hd?? /mnt/gentoo/boot in order to access his / and /boot partition from the liveCD. |
Ok crossed wires, I forgot he would be in the Live CD environment, and your correct, however once he had booted a working system, that command would stand (as it would be in the fstab).
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