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On Saturday 17 November 2007, Thufir wrote: |
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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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So if you look into /dev/hdb1 while mounted under /boot, can you see a file |
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called "kernel-has-alsa"? |
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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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This is a different boot partition - I guess this is the Fedora installation |
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(first disk, first partition). You need the symlink: |
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Mar 20 2006 boot -> . |
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for the above line to work. |
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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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You seem to be 'mixing and matching' disks and partitions here. You now refer |
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back to the Gentoo /boot partition. Decide which one disk/partition you want |
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to boot and pass the correct line for it to the Grub bootloader (which is |
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firing up from the MBR of hda). |
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Regarding the genkernel (which I have never used) it makes use of a initrd to |
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bring up the necessary modules at boot up (before the kernel has been |
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loaded). |
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I hope that this helps, otherwise post back again. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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