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From: Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installed Gentoo on SSD - no bootable device
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 15:08:26
Message-Id: 20140905150827.GI7971@syscon7
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] installed Gentoo on SSD - no bootable device by Rich Freeman
1 On 09/05/14 10:25, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 >On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Joseph <syscon780@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> ls -al /boot/
4 >> total 8671
5 >> drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 1024 Sep 4 14:29 .
6 >> drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 4096 Sep 4 16:51 ..
7 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 94478 Sep 4 11:41 config-3.14.14-gentoo
8 >> drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 1024 Sep 4 18:56 grub
9 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 27 19:26 .keep
10 >> drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Sep 4 09:06 lost+found
11 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3037035 Sep 4 11:41 System.map-3.14.14-gentoo
12 >> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5689632 Sep 4 11:41 vmlinuz-3.14.14-gentoo
13 >>
14 >> kernel is there, grub is installed. Where did I made a mistake?
15 >
16 >Are you SURE grub is installed? Also, what version of grub are you
17 >using, and have you confirmed that it is compatible with GPT?
18 >
19 >Sticking some files in /boot/grub is only the first step in installing
20 >grub. It needs to be present in your boot sector and all the files it
21 >needs need to be in the right places, including its stage2 bootloader
22 >or whatever they call it these days.
23
24 What information grub2 is writing to sda1 "BIOS boot partition" ? and how do I verify it?
25 Grub2 installed files on sda2 "/boot" partition but it seems to me it did nothing to sda1 as my BIOS does not see anything on it so it can not find the /boot or
26 kernel.
27
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29 Joseph