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On Jul 24, 2005, at 6:23 pm, C.Beamer wrote: |
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> |
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> hda1 is DOS |
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> hda2 is /boot |
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> hda3 is swap |
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> hda4 is my extended partition |
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> hda5 is /root |
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> The grub.conf file that I entered is as follows: |
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> default 0 |
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> timeout 30 |
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> |
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> splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> |
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> title=Genoo Linux 2.6.12-r6 |
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> |
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> root (hda0, 1) |
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> kernel /kernel-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=linuxrc |
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> ramdisk=8192 |
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> real_root=/dev/hda5 udev |
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> initrd /initrd-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 |
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I haven't tried booting with a RAM disk, so I can't comment on the |
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other lines, but in the first there should be no space after the comma. |
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IE: |
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root (hda0,1) |
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as you've done correctly below: |
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> title=DOS |
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> root (hda0,0) |
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> makeactive |
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> chainloader +1 |
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> |
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> ... |
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> Is there a way to fix the grub.conf file? |
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I always do so by booting from the Gentoo LiveCD, mounting /dev/hda2 to |
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/mount/gentoo, editing grub.conf with `nano` and then rebooting. You |
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can experiment amply like this until you get it right. |
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Stroller. |
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