Re: [gentoo-user] Problems with the GLI on the x86 2006.0 LiveCD

2006-03-01 Thread Gilberto Martins
A question of one who is just at the beggining ... Where in the gentoo.org I find information about this GLI you are talking about ? 2006/3/1, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi List- > > Some hardware issue requires me to boot the subject CD with either the > "nodetect" or "nohotplug" parameters. W

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

2006-02-16 Thread Gilberto Martins
This problem was solved already, I really commited a huge compilatiom mistake. So, I decided using genkernl to help. But this is another thread ... 2006/2/15, Emmanuel Durin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The make module_install command installs the modules into > /lib/modules/2.x.xx/. Search for your fil

Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

2006-02-14 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi again. > I'm a bit confused by Gilberto's statement: "Of course I had no > network for this." > If you mean that "I have no networking because of this error" and the > modprobe line above makes no difference then I might be inclined to > swap the network card out for another one. Yeah, that is

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-14 Thread Gilberto Martins
> Not likely to happen during installation, but if you use udev, the > device nodes may not exist in your backups (depending upon how you do > your backups...). So a restore of a backup of your root filesystem > from a crash recovery or live CD may not restore any device nodes to > your root files

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-13 Thread Gilberto Martins
> Boot from the live CD, mount your root, and do: > > cp -a /dev/console /dev/null /dev/zero /mnt/gentoo/dev/ Hum .. Shouldn`t it already exist ? Why should I have to copy it ? What can cause this absence ? Thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-13 Thread Gilberto Martins
> That warning, yes. > But the error right after that means what it says: No init found, ie. it > has mounted a filesystem (else you get another error-: Kernel panic - > cannot mount root partition) but it is unable to find 'init' there. > From that, one can deduce the OP probably pointed the kerne

[gentoo-user] Ethernet Module (3c59x) not recognized

2006-02-13 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi all. Now I have only one problem: the ethernet module. During the initiatio, I have the following message: "Failed to load 3c59x". Of course I had no network for this. I tried "lsmod" and saw that no modules were loaded. What shoud I do to configure the loading of needed modules at startup ?

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-13 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi again. 2006/2/13, Bo Andresen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Monday 13 February 2006 13:04, Gilberto Martins wrote: > > So good I haven't bet, for I'd loose. 8) > > Making this change solved the problem. Seems that grub works, but > > there is something I am no

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-13 Thread Gilberto Martins
2006/2/13, Maarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > You're pointing the kernel to hdb1 as the system root partition. I bet > money hdb1 isn't; it's /boot. So point it to the hdb[2|3|4|...] which is > your main / partition, and all will be well. So good I haven't bet, for I'd loose. 8) Making this change so

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
> Most modern BIOS have the option to boot from a lot of devices, you > can check if your BIOS have options to boot from hd1, or primary > slave, whatever your BIOS call it, just enter the SETUP and check for > it. Yeah, it is already configured to start the first Hard Disk. > LILO won't help yo

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
That's amazing, and that's what I am telling my wife as I read (with her) all this messages, and show her how important is that we support Free Software. The need of knowing more, by teaching the "newbies". Thanks for all interest of each one who helped. Maarten: "If you have no hda, or if hda i

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi again !!! > Perhaps you should post the output of: > > #ls -l /boot > #cat /boot/grup/grub.conf There it goes: livecd / # ls -l /boot total 2231 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Feb 11 09:22 boot -> . -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32414 Feb 12 16:06 config-gentoo-2.6.12-gentoo-r10 drwxr-xr-x 2 ro

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
> It can be called anything, but the file name you give it in /boot, of > course, has to be the one you call out in the grub.conf line. So, you copy > (for instance) arch/i386/boot/bzImage to /boot/kernel-kernelversion (I > usually also copy .config to /boot/config-kernelversion). That`s what I t

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi, On Sun, 2006-02-12 at 13:30 -0300, Gilberto Martins wrote: > Hi again ... > ---cut--- > > > Then, kindly selected GRUB, and did this simple /boot/grub.conf file: > > > > > > default 0 > > > timeout 0 > > > splashimage=(dhb0,0)/boot/grub/splas

[gentoo-user] Re: Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi list again, and Norberto. Gilberto Martins wrote: > > > Then, kindly selected GRUB, and did this simple /boot/grub.conf file: You meant /boot/grub/menu.conf (or /boot/grub/grub.conf) Sorry, it was a typeing mistake, I have verified it here, and it is as you corrected ... > >

[gentoo-user] Problems with GRUB in the installation of Gentoo

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
Sorry, folks. This is to correct my wrong post, for I haven`t changed the subject. Sorry for this, and thanks for Benno Schulenmberg, who kindly pointed me this mistake, in PVT. Thanks Benno. 2006/2/12, Gilberto Martins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi again ... > ---cut--- > > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird USE flag behaviour

2006-02-12 Thread Gilberto Martins
Hi again ... ---cut--- > > Then, kindly selected GRUB, and did this simple /boot/grub.conf file: > > > > default 0 > > timeout 0 > > splashimage=(dhb0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > > > title Gentoo Linux 2.6.12.gentoo-r10 > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/2.6.12-gentoo-r10 root=/dev/hdb3 > > > Rem

Re: [gentoo-user] Weird USE flag behaviour

2006-02-11 Thread Gilberto Martins
-> here I wait much more. As I see, I am having troubles with GRUB itself, not Gentoo. Can Somebody show me what could be done ? Thanx Gilberto Martins Brazil -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list