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Neil Bothwick composed on 2015-08-07 08:56 (UTC+0100): |
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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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Subject only got touched. That's all I *need* to do. :-) |
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My machines have lots of installations[1], so my master bootloaders only load |
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default kernels (via symlink vmlinuz-cur), installation kernel(s), |
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memtest(s), or chainload. I maintain these manually. |
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Bootloaders on my / partitions are chainloaded to for choosing among multiple |
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installed kernels per distro. Their menus are typically maintained |
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automatically by them rather than me. |
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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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I can't remember ever using a distro without an initrd before Gentoo, or |
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needing /dev/ram* to boot except for an installation kernel. |
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[1] e.g., this is from the Athlon I installed Gentoo to 50 months ago, and |
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since decided not to use any time soon to get a newer/current Gentoo. Among |
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my machines, it has a slightly lower than average installation count. |
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http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/kt400L13.txt |
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"The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant |
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words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) |
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Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! |
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Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ |
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