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From: Daniel da Veiga <danieldaveiga@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 21:46:03
Message-Id: 342e10905080414414b9e896b@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Problems installing by Stewart Taylor
1 Well, if you use genkernel, it should automatically place the initrd
2 and the kernel image at your /boot (at least it does for me). Maybe
3 check your genkernel command to compile the kernel.
4
5 On 8/4/05, Stewart Taylor <stewarta.taylor@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
6 > Hi all
7 >
8 > I've been trying to install Gentoo. I
9 > want to see if Gentoo is for me so I've
10 > kept it simple. My first attempt I tried
11 > a stage1 install, as this failed the
12 > second time I tried a stage3 install, if
13 > it failed less time wasted. Both times I
14 > opted for a genkernel install,
15 > everything seemed OK, no error messages
16 > and all stages completed. However both
17 > times when I get to 7.d ls /boot/kernel*
18 > /boot/initrd* I get the same result both
19 > times:
20 > /boot/initrd*:no such file or directory
21 > /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-genkernel-r6
22 >
23 > Taking the entry in the grub configure
24 > example as a guide I've searched for any
25 > initrd files just in case it's somewhere
26 > else the only entries are a couple of
27 > .gz files in /usr/man/man4 nothing else.
28 >
29 > I could use some help to sort this out
30 > as I have no idea what to do.
31 >
32 > TIA
33 >
34 > Stewart
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38 >
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Re: [gentoo-user] Problems installing Chris Cox <yeahsowhat@×××××.com>