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2009/12/2 BRM <bm_witness@×××××.com>: |
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> I'm still working to get my laptop back up; I have one more thing to try. |
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> 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. |
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> Questions: |
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> 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? |
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Correct as long as it recognise your hardware. |
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> 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? |
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Correct, assuming you have installed GRUB correctly in the first |
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instance - which makes me ask: |
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What is your exact error message? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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