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Grub really does work. The problem you are having is that grub can't |
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find your kernel. |
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May I suggest: |
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Boot the gentoo install cd: |
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At the prompt - livecd gentoo # - execute the following commands: |
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mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot |
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cd /mnt/gentoo/boot |
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ls -l |
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ls kernel* initramfs* |
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The output of "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo" will tell you about the |
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filesystem on the boot partition and should contain no surprises. |
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The output of "ls -l" is the boot file and directory structure that |
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grub will |
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see if "root (hd0,0)" is in grub.conf. |
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The output of "ls kernel* initramfs*" is the kernel name and the |
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initramfs |
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name that need to appear in grub.conf. |
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If a 'No such file or directory' error appears, the kernel and/or the |
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initramfs |
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is not located in /mnt/gentoo/boot and thus is not in (hd0,0)/ as far as |
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grub is |
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concerned. In this case look for a boot -->'something' symbolic link that |
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points |
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to 'something' as the kernel location. Most likely a boot directory will |
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appear |
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in the "ls -l" output and you should look there for kernel and initramfs. If |
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mislocated, I think you should move them to /mnt/gentoo/boot and rerun |
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" ls kernel* initramfs* ". |
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I believe that the " ls kernel* initramfs* " output you see will be |
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"kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 initramfs-genkernel-amd64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3". |
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In that case, I believe grub.conf should read: |
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default 0 |
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timeout 5 |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.13 |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel /kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 |
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real_root=/dev/hda3 udev |
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initrd /initramfs-genkernel-amd64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 |
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If " ls kernel* initramfs* " produced other results, then "the other |
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kernel name" must be |
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substituted exactly for 'kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3' above and "the other |
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initramfs name" for |
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'initramfs-genkernel-amd64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3' above respectively. Don't lose |
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the initial |
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slashes in the process. |
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If you try this and it does not help, posting the results of the |
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commands and the grub.conf |
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may get more help from the smarter than I multitude. |
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