2009/12/2 BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com>: > I'm still working to get my laptop back up; I have one more thing to try. > > Presently, I am having a problem with the compiling a 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 kernel > that actually works. It might be a processor issue - linux reports it as a > Pentium M which is what I have selected during 'make menuconfig', but the the > grub keeps reporting that it is not a recognized format or something to that > effect, so it won't load it. > > Questions: > > 1) I am using the Gentoo 2007.0 LiveCD to boot with, then chroot'ing into my > installation to build the kernel. I shouldn't need a newer LiveCD, correct?
Correct as long as it recognise your hardware. > 2) Grub doesn't need to be re-run (e.g. running the grub prompt and going > through the install procedure) after changes to the menu file, correct? Correct, assuming you have installed GRUB correctly in the first instance - which makes me ask: What is your exact error message? -- Regards, Mick
