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To clarify: |
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Fedora is on hda, gentoo on hdb. The /boot/grub.conf file boots both |
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fine; this partition is mounted seperately, it's referenced correctly as |
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(hd1,0) meaning the hdb, the first partition. Both Gentoo kernels are in |
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the same partition, same directory reflected in mount as: |
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/dev/hdb1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) |
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Which correlates with the GRUB entry of (hd1,0). |
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The root filesystem is the same for both kernels, this is reflected in |
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mount as: |
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/dev/hdb3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime) |
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Again, this matches the GRUB entry. |
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The full mount command shows: |
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arrakis ~ # |
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arrakis ~ # mount |
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/dev/hdb3 on / type ext3 (rw,noatime) |
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proc on /proc type proc (rw) |
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sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec) |
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udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid) |
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devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec) |
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/dev/hdb1 on /boot type ext2 (rw) |
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none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) |
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/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on /mnt/VolGroup00/LogVol00 type ext3 |
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(rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) |
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usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs |
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(rw,noexec,nosuid,devmode=0664,devgid=85) |
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arrakis ~ # |
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arrakis ~ # cat /etc/gentoo-release |
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Gentoo Base System release 1.12.9 |
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arrakis ~ # |
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arrakis ~ # date |
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Sat Nov 17 11:05:14 PST 2007 |
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arrakis ~ # |
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arrakis ~ # |
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The *exact* wording, the particulars of the error message GRUB gives |
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differs slightly from the example I posted. The error (to the best of my |
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recollection) is: |
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Booting 'gentoo Linux' |
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root (hd1,0) |
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Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 |
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kernel /kernel-has-alsa root=/dev/hdb3 |
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Error 15: File not found |
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Press any key to continue... |
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I'm just noticing (after a bit of sleep) that the form is slightly |
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different from the example I gave: |
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Booting 'gentoo Linux' |
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root (hd0,0) |
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Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 |
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kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20 root=/dev/hda3 vga=792 |
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Error 15: File not found |
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Press any key to continue... |
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in that the line specifying the kernel has (hd0,0)/boot/kernel... in the |
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example, but the error message I give doesn't have the correlating |
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(hd1,0)/boot/ prefix. |
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I would say that this is why the file cannot be found. |
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Also, it occurred to me that the genkernel which works (currently in use) |
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could just be copied to "genkernel2" in the same location, then a |
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corresponding entry in GRUB could be made. What would it mean if the |
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same error occurred when GRUB went to boot this "genkernel2"? |
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I'm thinking that there's some sort of missing piece. It's good to know |
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that it's not a module problem, and this makes sense. If it were a |
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module then presumably, please correct me, the kernel would at least be |
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"found" and a different error message would occur during the actual |
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boot. This message is within GRUB, I can press a key and boot a |
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different GRUB entry. |
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thanks, |
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Thufir |
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