remove space in root (hda0, 1) my kernel line also has devfs=nomount but probably this isnt needed if using latest genkernel, dont know.
Martins On Sunday 24 July 2005 20:23, C.Beamer wrote: > Hi All, > > After getting side-tracked by a power outage in the middle of a Gentoo > install a couple of weeks ago, I finally got back to doing a Gentoo > install trial run. > > All seemed to go well. When I rebooted I got the menu with the two > selections listed (Gentoo and DOS). The computer will boot into DOS > okay, but I can't get it to boot into Gentoo. Ergo, I think the grub > install is fine, but I made an error in my grub.conf file. > > Since I'm only moderately savvy about editing configuration files, I > relied on the examples in the Gentoo Handbook. > > Details are as follows: > > I have a dual boot system: > > hda1 is DOS > hda2 is /boot > hda3 is swap > hda4 is my extended partition > hda5 is /root > > The grub.conf file that I entered is as follows: > > default 0 > timeout 30 > > splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=Genoo Linux 2.6.12-r6 > > root (hda0, 1) > kernel /kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 > real_root=/dev/hda5 udev > initrd /initrd-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 > > title=DOS > root (hda0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > > I put the initrd line in the grub.conf file even though when I ran the > command > > 'ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initrd*' > > as instructed in the Handbook, I got told that there was no initrdfile. > > Have I missed something or done something wrong? > > Is there a way to fix the grub.conf file? > > I tried selecting the Gentoo line from the menu and pressing 'e' to > edit, but no matter what changes I made, I still get an error message > when I try to boot into Gentoo that says: > > Error 15: File not found > > This displays immediatedly after the line > > kernel /kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 > real_root=/dev/hda5 udev > > Any assistance would be appreciated. And please remember, I am not > stupid, but I'm not a computer science grad. I've been running Linux at > home for about 3 years and dabbling with it for a couple of years before > that, but I've always used Redhat or Fedora. However, I'm finding that > with each release of Fedora, more "quirks" appear. Things that I was > able to do with no problem in a previous release, I now can't do without > "letting some blood". Hence, I wanted to try Gentoo because I can > install the software from source using emerge. This will be a learning > curve for me, but I can conquer it - I have come a long way since a > friend first mentioned Linux to me and I asked what it was! > > Anyway, the point of the previous paragraph is to ask that complete > details be stated for any help that is provided. And if you tell me > that I "screwed up royally" and have to start all over, that's okay. > That's what this exercise was for - to learn what I needed to know > before installing Gentoo on a "production" system. > > BTW, I did a "Stage 3" install. Since it was my first time and I don't > know anything about optimizations, I didn't want to get in over my > head. :-) > > Thanks in advance for any assistance. > > Respectfully, > > Colleen -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
