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From: "Matthew R. Lee" <gentoo@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] grub boot problem
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:38:08
Message-Id: 200807051938.23513.gentoo@matthewlee.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] grub boot problem by Mick
1 On Saturday 05 July 2008 19:15:05 Mick wrote:
2 > On Sunday 06 July 2008, Matthew R. Lee wrote:
3 > > I've just compiled a new kernel, but when I reboot grub will not load the
4 > > new kernel. I get error 15 (file not found). But the file is there.
5 > > Yes grub is install properly and yes the boot partition was mounted when
6 > > I copied the new kernel across and changed the grub.conf. What's really
7 > > confusing me is there's no syntax error in the grub.conf that I can see,
8 > > and the first kernel on the list boots fine. Anyone got any cluse as to
9 > > why grub can't see the second kernel?
10 > >
11 > > [grub.conf]
12 > > default 0
13 > >
14 > > timeout 30
15 > >
16 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
17 > >
18 > > title=Gentoo 2.6.22-r2
19 > >
20 > > root (hd0,0)
21 > > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.22-r2-2 root=/dev/sda3
22 > > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,1280x800-24@70
23 > >
24 > > title=Gentoo 2.6.24-r8
25 > >
26 > > root (hd0,0)
27 > > kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.24-r8 root=/dev/sda3
28 > > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,1280x800-24@70
29 >
30 > Could you please show us:
31 >
32 > $ mount
33 >
34 > and
35 >
36 > # ls -la /boot
37
38 /dev/sda3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime)
39 proc on /proc type proc (rw)
40 sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec)
41 udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid)
42 devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec)
43 shm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
44 usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,devmode=0664,devgid=85)
45 /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
46
47 total 17256
48 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Jul 5 18:28 .
49 drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Dec 29 2007 ..
50 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Aug 16 2007 boot
51 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 37395 Dec 25 2006 config-2.6.18-r5
52 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35286 Dec 28 2006 config-2.6.18-r6
53 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29907 Jul 19 2007 config-2.6.21-r4
54 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39449 Aug 4 2007 config-2.6.22-r2
55 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44583 Jul 5 18:48 config-2.6.24-r8
56 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 44541 Jun 23 18:25 config-2.6.25-r5
57 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 23 17:02 grub
58 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 486761 Oct 7 2006 initrd.img-2.6.17-sata
59 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1637016 Dec 25 2006 kernel-2.6.18-r5
60 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1606118 Dec 28 2006 kernel-2.6.18-r6
61 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1916280 Jul 19 2007 kernel-2.6.21-r4
62 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1740624 Aug 4 2007 kernel-2.6.22-r2
63 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1847000 Jul 5 18:48 kernel-2.6.24-r8
64 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2952220 Jun 23 18:24 kernel-2.6.25-r5
65 drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Dec 27 2007 lost+found
66 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 738926 Dec 25 2006 system.map-2.6.18-r5
67 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 712206 Dec 28 2006 system.map-2.6.18-r6
68 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 813409 Jul 19 2007 system.map-2.6.21-r4
69 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 810321 Aug 4 2007 system.map-2.6.22-r2
70 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 870491 Jul 5 18:48 system.map-2.6.24-r8
71 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1183038 Jun 23 18:25 system.map-2.6.25-r5
72
73 I should probably give /boot a clean, but could this be the problem?
74
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Re: [gentoo-user] grub boot problem Matt Harrison <iwasinnamuknow@×××××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] grub boot problem Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@××××××××××××.de>