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From: Richard Fish <bigfish@××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:04:37
Message-Id: 7573e9640608311156t1b3aed4fr719642f443374187@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Gentoo failed to start by Stephen Liu
1 On 8/31/06, Stephen Liu <satimis@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > # grub install /dev/hda
3 > df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted filesystems
4 > df: Warning: cannot read table of mounted filesystems
5 > Could not find device for /boot: Not found or not a block device.
6 > * end *
7
8 I assume you meant grub-install /dev/hda?
9
10 Try instead:
11
12 cat << EOF | grub
13 root (hd0,0)
14 setup (hd0)
15 EOF
16
17 You should see a line that says:
18
19 Running "install /grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+18 p (hd0,0)/grub/stage2
20 /grub/menu.lst"... succeeded
21
22 (It is okay if the paths above are /boot/grub/foo instead of /grub/foo)
23
24 > Should I put (hd0,1) for my case? I followed the sample in the guide
25 > book.
26
27 No, that would be equivalent to /dev/hda2. Grub partition numbers
28 start at 0. Your grub.conf is correct, although I would probably use:
29
30 title=Gentoo linux 2.6.17.-r7
31 kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.17-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hda2
32
33 > On reboot only a black screen displayed. Please advise how to fix the
34 > problem. TIA
35
36 What do you mean? Do you not even get the grub boot prompt? If so,
37 try my grub setup instructions above...
38
39 -Richard
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