On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:34:56 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > I got ahead of things I suppose on the bootloader instructions, which > include no example for Grub 0.97. I did emerge -s grub to identify the > package name, then did 'emerge --ask sys-boot/grub-static' without > first looking for any instructions, after which I somehow found > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB and its instruction saying > 'sys-boot/grub:0'. Having already emerged sys-boot/grub-static without > the :0 appendage, I punted instead of looking up meaning of :0, running > 'emerge --ask sys-boot/grub-static:0'. That produced 4 beeps prior to > emerge exit, which the previous emerge did not do. Next I set Grub up > according to its man page: grub> find /boot/grub/stage1; grub> root > (hd0,21); grub> setup (hd0,21), then adjusted grub.conf.
Didn't we cover this already? You have GRUB installed to boot your other distros, all you need to do is add a stanza for Gentoo to your existing menu.lst. > Panicing grub.conf cmdline arguments: > root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda22 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 > splash=0 video=1024x768@60 3 > > Working grub.conf cmdline arguments: > root=/dev/sda22 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 splash=0 video=1024x768@60 > 3 > > Why is root=/dev/ram0 real_root= in the sample/prototype? That's for using an initrd, specifically the one produced by genkernel. With no initrd you simply give the actual root device. -- Neil Bothwick Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
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