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I think I experienced your problem. If you don't have a /boot partition, then the path to the kernel is referenced from /boot (because its inside the real "/" fs). If you have a /boot partition, then the path to your kernel is referenced from "/".<BR>
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What worries me is that you mentioned you get a kernel panic which implies the boot loader was able to locate the kernel. Can you capture a bit of the output from the panic? How large is your "/"?<BR>
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Brian Micek<BR>
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On Monday 02 June 2008 03:29:32 pm Mansour wrote:<BR>
> Hello,<BR>
> I am trying to install gentoo on a desktop machine. I downloaded the<BR>
> minimal CD and followed the instruction in the quick installation. Now,<BR>
> I have a problem either in the grub configuration or in kernel and I<BR>
> need help to figure this one out.<BR>
><BR>
> I have existing partitions for windows and my previous Fedora (/home<BR>
> directory), therefore I installed gentoo on /dev/hda3. The problem is I<BR>
> get a kernel panic when I try to boot. In grub I am using (hd0,2) as my<BR>
> root, because I don't want to write anything to the mbr. After editing<BR>
> grub.conf, I run a grub shell, and execute the commands root(hd0,2) then<BR>
> setup(hd0,2). Then tried to reboot.<BR>
><BR>
> Here the relevant part of grub.conf:<BR>
> ============================<BR>
> title Linux<BR>
> root (hd0,2)<BR>
> kernel (hd0,2)/boot/kernel root=/dev/hda3<BR>
> =================================<BR>
><BR>
> I don't have a separate partition for boot, it's on the root "/"<BR>
> filesystem.<BR>
><BR>
> Can anyone tell what's going on ? If there's missing info please let me<BR>
> know, as everyone has different way when troubleshooting a problem.<BR>
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