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From: Alex Schuster <wonko@×××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot hangs after install, no error
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:10:00
Message-Id: 201006170302.48107.wonko@wonkology.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot hangs after install, no error by walt
1 walt writes:
2
3 > On 06/16/2010 04:05 PM, Jake Moe wrote:
4 > > I've just completed a fresh Gentoo installation on a new laptop, and
5 > >
6 > > strangely, after I choose the entry from the Grub screen, all I get
7 > > is:
8 > > Booting `Gentoo Linux 2.6.32-r7`
9 > >
10 > > root (hd0,1)
11 > >
12 > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83
13 > >
14 > > kernel /kernel-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/sda4
15 > >
16 > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size=0x1ab020]
17 >
18 > The only thing that looks a bit unusual is that your kernel-2.6.xxx
19 > appears to be in the root directory instead of in /boot where it
20 > usually lives.
21
22 No, that's okay, I have it the same way. The root (hd0,1) statement tells
23 grub where the boot partition is, and all other paths are relative to
24 that.
25
26 Wonko

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Boot hangs after install, no error Jake Moe <jakesaddress@×××××.com>