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On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:54:07 -0600, Joseph wrote: |
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> >> I don't need to format sda1, grub2-install should take care of it. |
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> >> So what am I doing wrong? |
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> >Did you run grub2-install from within the chroot? I've had problems |
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> >with this in the past, no error messages but GRUB is not installed |
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> >correctly. Instead, mount your root and boot partitions at /mnt/gent |
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> >and /mnt/gentoo/boot and run grub2-install from the live system |
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> >grub2-install --root-directory=/mnt/gentoo |
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> >--boot-directory=/mnt/gentoo/boot /dev/sda |
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> This will install grub in /mnt/gentoo/boot and will be gone after I |
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> reboot. |
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GRUB is already installed there, when you emerged it. grub-install sets |
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up the bootstrapping, but it needs to know where the files are, and they |
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are in /mnt/gentoo. I've done it this way several times and it always |
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worked, your way has not worked. You decide which is preferable. |
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> I was able to boot the system with systemrescue CD the kernel on the |
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> HD. The problem I have is my BIOS does not recognize GPT partition |
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On what factual evidence do you base that statement? |
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> I think I'll have to format entire drive in MBR and start from scratch. |
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> How to format disk in MBR, current "fdisk" defaults to GPT. |
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fdisk doesn't default to anything AFAIR, it creates whatever type of |
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partition table you tell it to, depending on whether you press g or o. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Home is where you hang your @. |
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