Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Erik Van Reeth <erik@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
Subject: RE: [gentoo-dev] Several questions more
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:02:18
Message-Id: LPEPJAAKMIEGAPJNDPPAEEOJCBAA.erik@vanreeth.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Several questions more by Bart Verwilst
1 > -----Original Message-----
2 > From: gentoo-dev-admin@××××××××××.org
3 > [mailto:gentoo-dev-admin@××××××××××.org]On Behalf Of Bart Verwilst
4 > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 5:45 PM
5 > To: gentoo-dev@××××××××××.org
6 > Subject: [gentoo-dev] Several questions more
7 >
8 >
9 > Hi!
10 >
11 > Ok, i'm back for another round of questions... :o)
12 > Thanks to your help, i was able to install gentoo.. (stupid http_proxy...
13 > :o)
14 > I first installed grub, using the manual i printed from the site...
15 > I booted, but the only thing i got was a black screen, with a underscore
16 > blinking in the left upper corner..
17 > I booted with the cd again ( using 'linux root=/dev/hdc2 boot=/dev/hdc1'),
18 > and i was up and running (sort of..)
19 > i configured /etc/lilo.conf, but when i did 'lilo -v', it stated
20 > /boot/boot.b; no such file or directory....
21 > Maybe this is my problem?
22
23 Did you mount /boot ?
24
25 >
26 > My current HD layout is as follows....
27 >
28 > /dev/hda
29 >
30 > /dev/hda1 => windows Fat 32(13gb)
31 > /dev/hda2 => Fat32 (2gb (for my mp3's ;o))
32 >
33 > /dev/hdb => cd-rom
34 >
35 > /dev/hdc
36 >
37 > /dev/hdc1 = /boot (30 MB; reiserfs (notail, noatime))
38 > /dev/hdc2 = / (12gb (reiserfs (notail, noatime))
39 > /dev/hdc3 = swap 300MB
40 >
41 > Bootmanager = Xosl (www.xosl.org) on /dev/hda1 (windows partition)
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44 Never tried xosl, but I would think grub or lilo should work as long as you
45 install them into the partition boot record.
46 With the layout you give, grub should go with *root (hd2,0)* and *setup
47 (hd2,0)*
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49
50 Erik

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Several questions more Holger Brueckner <lists@××××××××.de>