PS: The /boot/grub/devices.map presently contains (hd0) /dev/sda (hd1) /dev/hde (hd2) /dev/hdh
Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Jeff Cranmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 29, 2006 3:55 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems > >Hi Richard, > >The full output from running your suggested command after editing the >grub.conf file per your instructions was > > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes > Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage_1_5" exists... yes > Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 15 sectors are embedded. >succeeded > Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+15 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 > /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded >Done. > >I still have the same response when I try to reboot :-( > >Jeff > > >-----Original Message----- >>From: Richard Fish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Oct 29, 2006 3:05 PM >>To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >>Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub problems >> >>On 10/29/06, Jeff Cranmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> swapspace is on /dev/sda2, /boot is on /dev/sda1, and root is on /dev/sda6 >> >>[snip] >> >>> My grub.conf file is as follows: >>> >>> default=0 >>> timeout=30 >>> splashimage=(hd0,5)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz >>> title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 >>> root (hd0,5) >>> kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2,6,17-gentoo-r8 root=/dev/ram0 >>> init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev vga=0x318 >>> video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap doscsi >>> initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 >> >>You have a separate /boot partition, so you should reference things on >>*that* partition. So your grub.conf should be: >> >>default=0 >>timeout=30 >>splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz >>title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.17-r8 >> kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2,6,17-gentoo-r8 >>root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda6 udev >>vga=0x318 video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap doscsi >> initrd (hd0,0)/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.17-gentoo-r8 >> >>> When I run grub-install /dev/sda, it reports no errors. >>> >>> The device.map file contains the following >>> (hd0) /dev/sda >> >>This is correct if the BIOS is setup to boot from the SATA drive >>before any IDE hard disks. >> >>I never really liked grub-install. Try: >> >>cat << EOF | grub --device-map=/boot/grub/device.map >>root (hd0,0) >>setup (hd0) >>EOF >> >>The most important line from the above is one that looks like this: >> >>Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+18 p >>(hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/menu.lst"... succeeded >> >>If you don't see this, post what you do see. >> >>-Richard >>-- >>gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >> > >-- >gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
