Re: [gentoo-user] Help

[Martins Steinbergs]

i was wondering too ;)

corect is initramfs, not initramdisk, see my grub.conf entry

title Gentoo 11.12 - vanilla
	root (hd1,2)
	kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.11.12 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc 
ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hdb9 video=radeonfb:mtrr:ywrap vga=7 
splash=silent udev devfs=nomount
	initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.11.12

On Monday 25 July 2005 02:31, Alex A. Smith MCP wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you made sure of the filenames of the init ram disk and the kernel?
>
> Only reason I say this is because the other day when I did a Stage 3
> Genkernel the files were named something completely different from what is
> in the handbook. (I think initrd was something along the lines of
> initramdisk-<more text> and the both included genkernel in the file name)
>
> I had myself wondering over that for a while :)
>
> hth
>
> Alex A. Smith
>
> p.s. im installing a gentoo 2.6.12-r6 Stage 3 genkernel atm so I'll let you
> know when its done if the above didn't help ya.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C.Beamer [mailto:cbeamer@×××××××××.net]
> Sent: 24 July 2005 18:24
> To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
> Subject: [gentoo-user] Help
>
> Hi All,
>
> After getting side-tracked by a power outage in the middle of a Gentoo
> install a couple of weeks ago, I finally got back to doing a Gentoo
> install trial run.
>
> All seemed to go well.  When I rebooted I got the menu with the two
> selections listed (Gentoo and DOS).  The computer will boot into DOS
> okay, but I can't get it to boot into Gentoo.  Ergo, I think the grub
> install is fine, but I made an error in my grub.conf file.
>
> Since I'm only moderately savvy about editing configuration files, I
> relied on the examples in the Gentoo Handbook.
>
> Details are as follows:
>
> I have a dual boot system:
>
> hda1 is DOS
> hda2 is /boot
> hda3 is swap
> hda4 is my extended partition
> hda5 is /root
>
> The grub.conf file that I entered is as follows:
>
> default 0
> timeout 30
>
> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>
> title=Genoo Linux 2.6.12-r6
>
> root (hda0, 1)
> kernel /kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192
> real_root=/dev/hda5 udev
> initrd /initrd-2.6.12-gentoo-r6
>
> title=DOS
> root (hda0,0)
> makeactive
> chainloader +1
>
> I put the initrd line in the grub.conf file even though when I ran the
> command
>
> 'ls /boot/kernel* /boot/initrd*'
>
> as instructed in the Handbook, I got told that there was no initrdfile.
>
> Have I missed something or done something wrong?
>
> Is there a way to fix the grub.conf file?
>
> I tried selecting the Gentoo line from the menu and pressing 'e' to
> edit, but no matter what changes I made, I still get an error message
> when I try to boot into Gentoo that says:
>
> Error 15:  File not found
>
> This displays immediatedly after the line
>
> kernel /kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192
> real_root=/dev/hda5 udev
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated.  And please remember, I am not
> stupid, but I'm not a computer science grad.  I've been running Linux at
> home for about 3 years and dabbling with it for a couple of years before
> that, but I've always used Redhat or Fedora.  However, I'm finding that
> with each release of Fedora, more "quirks" appear.  Things that I was
> able to do with no problem in a previous release, I now can't do without
> "letting some blood".  Hence, I wanted to try Gentoo because I can
> install the software from source using emerge.  This will be a learning
> curve for me, but I can conquer it - I have come a long way since a
> friend first mentioned Linux to me and I asked what it was!
>
> Anyway, the point of the previous paragraph is to ask that complete
> details be stated for any help that is provided.  And if you tell me
> that I "screwed up royally" and have to start all over, that's okay.
> That's what this exercise was for - to learn what I needed to know
> before installing Gentoo on a "production" system.
>
> BTW, I did a "Stage 3" install.  Since it was my first time and I don't
> know anything about optimizations, I didn't want to get in over my
> head.  :-)
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance.
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Colleen
>
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