Thanks Mick. The problem turned out to be hardware related. I moved the primary SATA hard drive cable from SATA4 to SATA1, and that fixed the problem. One fresh install later and I was up and running.
Jeff -----Original Message----- >From: Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 31, 2006 12:13 PM >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Grub problems > >On Sunday 29 October 2006 20:11, Joe Menola wrote: >> On Sunday 29 October 2006 1:56 pm, Jeff Cranmer wrote: >> > >Try running grub, then at the grub command line: >> > >>root (hd2,5) >> > >>setup /dev/sda >> > >>quit > >> Try setup "(hd2)"...also I think the root command needs to be adjusted to >> your partition that contains /boot. > >Tab completion helps in this case: > >grub> setup ( <--press tab here > >This should list suitable devices. If need be try them in turn. The one with >the OS in it should boot. Also, if you are unsure where Grub's root is >(typically your /boot partition) then before running the setup command you >can run: > >grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 > >HTH >-- >Regards, >Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
