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From: Bryce <btv@××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:52:19
Message-Id: 200508041451.00013.btv@cs.pdx.edu
1 I would also make sure that your /boot is mounted. Gentoo is not setup by
2 default to mount /boot. So i would double check that.
3
4 bryce
5
6 Daniel da Veiga wrote:
7
8 >Well, if you use genkernel, it should automatically place the initrd
9 >and the kernel image at your /boot (at least it does for me). Maybe
10 >check your genkernel command to compile the kernel.
11 >
12 >On 8/4/05, Stewart Taylor <stewarta.taylor@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
13 >
14 >>Hi all
15 >>
16 >>I've been trying to install Gentoo. I
17 >>want to see if Gentoo is for me so I've
18 >>kept it simple. My first attempt I tried
19 >>a stage1 install, as this failed the
20 >>second time I tried a stage3 install, if
21 >>it failed less time wasted. Both times I
22 >>opted for a genkernel install,
23 >>everything seemed OK, no error messages
24 >>and all stages completed. However both
25 >>times when I get to 7.d ls /boot/kernel*
26 >>/boot/initrd* I get the same result both
27 >>times:
28 >>/boot/initrd*:no such file or directory
29 >>/boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-genkernel-r6
30 >>
31 >>Taking the entry in the grub configure
32 >>example as a guide I've searched for any
33 >>initrd files just in case it's somewhere
34 >>else the only entries are a couple of
35 >>.gz files in /usr/man/man4 nothing else.
36 >>
37 >>I could use some help to sort this out
38 >>as I have no idea what to do.
39 >>
40 >>TIA
41 >>
42 >>Stewart
43 >>--
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45 >>
46 >>
47 >
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