GRUB Problems... I think.

antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

Ok, heres the prolbem...
I've installed the x86 version of Gentoo Linux (I think) off the downloadable ISO image.
Upon reboot, the furtherest I am getting is just past the purple GRUB screen, on a black background with white writing, my screen reads...

Booting 'Gentoo (genkernel)

root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is extf2s, partition type 0x83
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.21 root=/dev/hda

Error 15: FIle not found

Press any key to continue...

Ok, I don't know what version kernel I have, I just downloaded the genkernel, it was yesterday at about midday GMT+10.

Now, back at the purple GRUB screen, if I press e to edit my selection, the screen then reads (its still purple)...

root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.21 root=/dev/hda3
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.21

So, thats about all I've got. With my installation, I followed the x86 directions, so I hope someone can please help me.
Thanks.
Regards, antzzzzzz[/b]

quiconque · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:15 pm Post subject:

Could you let us know what your partition setup looks like?

Pete_Keller · Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2003 11:21 pm Post subject:

antzzz,

boot off the install cd, mount your boot partition (probably /dev/hda1) as /mnt/gentoo with the following command mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo

then change directory to /mnt/gentoo with the command cd /mnt/gentoo

type ls -l to list the files in this directory, send the output on this list.

Pete

antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

Ok, this is what I got:

cdimage gentoo# ls -l
total 13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Oct 18 10:43 boot -> .
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 18 19:52 grub
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Oct 18 10:12 lost+found

Hope that helps.
Thanks, antzzzzzz

antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

Ok, this is what I got:

cdimage gentoo# ls -l
total 13
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Oct 18 10:43 boot -> .
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Oct 18 19:52 grub
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Oct 18 10:12 lost+found

Hope that helps.
Thanks, antzzzzzz

Pete_Keller · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 2:12 am Post subject:

antzzz,
good, you have the boot symlink in place.

ok, follow the instructions I gave you, except this time type cd /mnt/gentoo/grub followed by ls -l and send us the listing of /mnt/gentoo/grub and also type cat grub.conf and send us the grub.conf file too.

We will get to the bottom of this yet.

Pete
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antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

Ok, this is my output from...

cdimage grub # ls -l
total 210
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7840 Oct 18 19:36 e2fs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7536 Oct 18 19:36 fat_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6880 Oct 18 19:36 ffs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191 Oct 18 22:48 grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1256 Oct 18 19:35 grub.conf.sample
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8448 Oct 18 19:36 jfs_stage1_5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Oct 18 19:48 menu.lst -> /boot/grus/grub.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7072 Oct 18 19:36 minix_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9408 Oct 18 19:36 reiserfs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33856 Oct 18 19:35 splash.xpm.gz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Oct 18 19:36 stage1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 106140 Oct 18 19:36 stage2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6528 Oct 18 19:36 vstafs_stage1_5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9320 Oct 18 19:36 xfs_stage1_5

And here is grub.conf...

cdimage grub # cat grub.conf
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo (genkernel)
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.21 root=/dev/hda3
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.21

Thanks again, antzzzzzz

Komunjara · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 5:24 am Post subject:

root=/dev/hda

should be root=/dev/hda3
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antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

it is

Barkotron · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 6:14 am Post subject:

Hi there,

Looking at your output from ls -l /mnt/gentoo, if you haven't truncated that at all, then your kernel is not in your boot partition, which would explain the "file not found" errors.

antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

Um.. I can't remember. Lol
Can you tell me how I can?
How can I rectify this situation?

Barkotron · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 6:32 am Post subject:

Ah. I think we may be on to a winner here then :wink:

To rectify the situation, you'll need to boot off the install CD and then chroot into your installation - follow code listings 7.2 and 8.6 in the install guide.

Next, you should be able to just type "genkernel", and as long as everything else has been done correctly (ie you have a source tree, genkernel emerged okay and produces a kernel which is appropriate for your machine), you should then get a couple of files in the boot partition - kernel-somethingsomethingsomething and initrd-somethingsomethingsomething - name them correctly in your grub.conf and you should be fine.

Also, re: the symlink - it's fine to have that there, but if you're using a seperate boot partition, then it's probably easier just to change grub (I've never got it to work with the symlink) - I'd change

antzzz · n00b Joined: 18 Oct 2003 Posts: 8 Location: sydney

I'm on to what you said right now.
Its going through this stuff...
* Running "make mrproper"...
* Running "make oldconfig"...
* Logging to /var/log/genkernel.log...
* Starting 2.4.20-gentoo-r7 build...
* Running "make dep"...

And then theres the cursor flashing.
I can hear the hard disk working, so something is going on.
Thanks for all your help you guys.

Barkotron · Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:33 am Post subject:

ehhhhhxcelleeent (/burns) - that's what we like to hear.

This might take a wee while, but it's doing what it should do.

Remember to edit your grub.conf once it finishes - the important bits should look like this (based on what you've written):