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On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:34:56 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: |
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> I got ahead of things I suppose on the bootloader instructions, which |
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> include no example for Grub 0.97. I did emerge -s grub to identify the |
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> package name, then did 'emerge --ask sys-boot/grub-static' without |
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> first looking for any instructions, after which I somehow found |
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> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB and its instruction saying |
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> 'sys-boot/grub:0'. Having already emerged sys-boot/grub-static without |
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> the :0 appendage, I punted instead of looking up meaning of :0, running |
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> 'emerge --ask sys-boot/grub-static:0'. That produced 4 beeps prior to |
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> emerge exit, which the previous emerge did not do. Next I set Grub up |
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> according to its man page: grub> find /boot/grub/stage1; grub> root |
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> (hd0,21); grub> setup (hd0,21), then adjusted grub.conf. |
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Didn't we cover this already? You have GRUB installed to boot your other |
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distros, all you need to do is add a stanza for Gentoo to your existing |
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menu.lst. |
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> Panicing grub.conf cmdline arguments: |
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> root=/dev/ram0 real_root=/dev/sda22 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 |
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> splash=0 video=1024x768@60 3 |
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> Working grub.conf cmdline arguments: |
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> root=/dev/sda22 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 splash=0 video=1024x768@60 |
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> 3 |
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> Why is root=/dev/ram0 real_root= in the sample/prototype? |
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That's for using an initrd, specifically the one produced by genkernel. |
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With no initrd you simply give the actual root device. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some |
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people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22" |
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