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From: Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@×××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub config
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 15:38:55
Message-Id: 1120923151.27660.14.camel@gaul.cornfield.org.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Grub config by xav guerin
1 Hi
2
3 Thanks, well spotted.
4
5 Typical, you spend hours looking at simple problem, checking the web,
6 etc, and you ask for help and someone spots a trivial spelling mistake
7 in a few seconds!
8
9 Many thanks,
10
11 Simon
12
13 On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 16:08 +0200, xav guerin wrote:
14 > Hello,
15 >
16 > I think your grub.conf splashimage line is quite strange, it's
17 > usually an xpm.gz and not an xpn.gz .
18 >
19 > Xavier Guerin
20 >
21 > 2005/7/9, Simon Windsor <simon.windsor@×××××××××××××.uk>:
22 > > Hi
23 > >
24 > > I have just rebuilt my mine desktop from Fedora to Gentoo.
25 > >
26 > > Everything appears to work well, but I am a bit puzzled by Grub.
27 > >
28 > > I have used Genkernel to build the kernel, so my Grub config file,
29 > > grub.conf, is
30 > >
31 > > ---------------------------------
32 > > default 0
33 > > timeout 30
34 > > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/spash.xpn.gz
35 > >
36 > > title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
37 > > root (hd0,0)
38 > > kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0
39 > > init=/linuxrc /ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev vga=791
40 > > initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3
41 > > ----------------------------------
42 > >
43 > > What argument should I add to the kernel line so that Gentoo starts with
44 > > a splash screen and the kernel shells support my 1024/768 display.
45 > >
46 > > All the best
47 > >
48 > > Simon
49 > >
50 > > --
51 > > Simon Windsor
52 > >
53 > > Eml: simon.windsor@×××××××××××××.uk
54 > > Tel: 01454 617689
55 > > Mob: 07960 321599
56 > >
57 > > --
58 > > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
59 > >
60 > >
61 >
62 --
63 Simon Windsor
64
65 Eml: simon.windsor@×××××××××××××.uk
66 Tel: 01454 617689
67 Mob: 07960 321599
68
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