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From: Stephen Liu <satimis@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start
Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 16:09:12
Message-Id: 20060901160200.32652.qmail@web35206.mail.mud.yahoo.com
1 Hi Richard,
2
3 Further to my late posting, after mounting
4 # mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/gentoo
5 # mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/gentoo/boot
6
7 Ran
8 # ls -l /mnt/gentoo/boot
9 boot -> .
10 grub
11 lost+found
12 # ls -l /mnt/gentoo/boot/boot
13 boot -> .
14 grub
15 lost+found
16 # ls -l /mnt/gentoo/boot/boot/boot
17 boot -> .
18 grub
19 lost+found
20 # ls -l /mnt/gentoo/boot/boot/boot/boot
21 boot -> .
22 grub
23 lost+found
24
25 It looks to me quite funny. It seems continue endlessly. boot was
26 symlink to "."
27
28 There was no kernel nor bzimage there.
29
30 B.R.
31 SL
32
33
34 --- Stephen Liu <satimis@×××××.com> wrote:
35
36 > Hi Richard,
37 >
38 > < snip >
39 >
40 > > So try specifying the paths without the /boot/ part. So your boot
41 > > entry would look like:
42 > >
43 > > title Gentoo linux 2.6.17.-r7
44 > > kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2
45 >
46 > Tried;
47 > kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2
48 > and
49 > kernel /kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2
50 >
51 > Still the same "file not found"
52 >
53 >
54 > kernel version was previously found by running;
55 > # ls -l /usr/src/linux
56 > ............ /usr/sru/linux -> linux-2.6.17-gentoo-r7
57 >
58 > Others noted with tks.
59 >
60 >
61 > > PS: please stop top-posting.
62 >
63 > Sorry I don't follow. Please advise. This is webmail direct from
64 > Yahoo site. I checked the mail option and could not find any
65 > top-posting option there.
66 >
67 > B.R.
68 > SL
69 > --
70 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
71 >
72 >
73
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start Nick Rout <nick@×××××××.nz>