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On 11/09/2016 01:11, Harry Putnam wrote: |
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> I have a newish install I've been running for a while. |
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> Today I added a setting to the kernel and rebuilt. |
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> The final move I made on the kernel move was |
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> "make install all" |
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> No looking at the /boot/grub/grub.conf all I find is the example file |
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> that comes with install. |
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> If there was old version before calling "make install all" , it has |
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> been removed I guess. |
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> I've created a version from a very old one I had in some very old |
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> backup and wondering if all the options on the kernel line are still |
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> valid. (I do have the VESA ahd vesafb (frame buffer) and mtrr stuff |
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> checked in the kernel config). And "root" is at /dev/hda4 |
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> ,---- |
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> | default 0 |
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> | timeout 10 |
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> | splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz |
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> | title Gentoo Linux 4.1.6 |
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> | root (hd0,0) |
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> | kernel /boot/vmlinuz-4.1.6-gentoo root=/dev/hda4 vga=0x31A video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap |
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> `---- |
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> I'm pretty confident of everything but the kernel line. |
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> Before I reboot, find it fails to boot, and have lots of huffing and |
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> puffing starting up with grub commands or having to go back to an |
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> install .ISO to get insdide, I hoped someone here could tell me if my |
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> grub.conf is likely to work |
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That config looks fine. However, you only have one kernel stanza. To be |
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really safe, copy the old one to a second entry and clearly label it as |
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the old one. Then you can select it if the new one does fail to boot. |
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It's easier that way than trying to edit it in grub's editor |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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