Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Jason Carson <jason@×××××××××××.ca>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:43:53
Message-Id: 49840.66.11.182.5.1206643178.squirrel@jasoncarson.ca
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Weirdness Here by CJoeB
1 Did you create a separate /boot partition when installing Gentoo. If so
2 you need to mount it
3
4 mount /dev/sda1 /boot
5
6 or whatever is your boot partition
7
8 > Hi Guys,
9 >
10 > Something weird is going on with my system. I have been trying to
11 > upgrade the kernel, but no matter what I select, I can't seem to get the
12 > sata drive on my laptop recognized. So, I've been sticking to a kernel
13 > that works. That is just a lead-in to the situation.
14 >
15 > Today, I wanted to check /boot to make sure that I had removed residual
16 > files from my last failed kernel upgrade. First, let me say that my
17 > system boots fine into the kernel that I have been using successfully -
18 > i.e. everything happens as expected when I boot. However, in /boot, all
19 > I have is a symlink that says that boot is a link to . (dot). I don't
20 > see any grub directory or any of the files that should be there. What
21 > gives? This is making me a little antsy! Any suggestions as to what is
22 > going on? Any ideas how to solve the situation?
23 >
24 > Regards,
25 >
26 > Colleen
27 >
28 > --
29 >
30 > Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter,
31 > http://counter.li.org
32 >
33 >
34 > --
35 > gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list
36 >
37 >
38
39
40 --
41 gentoo-user@l.g.o mailing list