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From: Joshua Doll <Joshua.Doll@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: boot error
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:04:52
Message-Id: 46A52427.40808@gmail.com
1 James wrote:
2 > Joshua Doll <Joshua.Doll <at> gmail.com> writes:
3 >
4 >
5 >
6 >
7 >> What's the drive mappings look like in the bios, I've had issues with
8 >> sata (I assume) in the past and funky drive mappings because of the
9 >> bios.
10 >>
11 >
12 > The bios is minimalistic. Boot order is about all it will let me change.
13 > Right now it is as it should be:
14 > USB floppy
15 > cd
16 > hard drive
17 > usb hard drive
18 > ! network adapter
19 >
20 >
21 >
22 >> It's also possible you missed the sata drivers in the kernel. Did
23 >> you use genkernel or did you do it by hand?
24 >>
25 >
26 > They looked like they were all there. I tried the standard and the advance.
27 > each method trying standard and downloading a stage3 tarball....
28 >
29 > All the same result.
30 >
31 > Any other ideas?
32 >
33 > James
34 >
35 >
36 Sounds like you might have missed the kernel, the stage3 tarball doesn't
37 include a kernel. I'm not familiar with the graphic installer, but I
38 don't think it does a kernel for you.
39
40
41 --Joshua Doll
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