Gentoo Install - make.conf

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 18:32

Its definitely a GRUB/kernel problem

It looks as though you have a problem in menu.lst

As Mr Mpemba said, then post it up

Shak

[RB] · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:02

Code:

/dev/hda1           /boot       ext2	 noauto,noatime	 0 0
/dev/hda3           /           ext3	 noatime         0 2
/dev/hda2           none        swap	 sw              0 1
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0  /mnt/cdrom  iso9660	 noauto,ro       0 0
proc                /proc       proc	 defaults        0 0

Ok

No menu.lst :confused:

Done something very wrong!!!

Sorry for my n00bie-ness!

Nozzer · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:17

menu.lst is merely a symlink to grub.conf, ln -s /boot/grub/grub.conf /boot/grub/menu.lst will produce it. You don't need it, if you can cope with booting from GRUB manually.

Mpemba Effect · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:30

I think it's subtlely different in gentoo. I don't have a grub.conf

The menu.lst like Nozzer said is located in /boot/grub/ ... if you find /boot empty when you just checked it may be that you have forgot to mount it.

Code:

mount /boot

Nozzer · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:32

To get /boot to mount at starting, change the line in your fstab that reads;

Code:

/dev/hda1           /boot       ext2	 noauto,noatime	 0 0

to read;

Code:

/dev/hda1           /boot       ext2	 noatime	 0 0

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:38

I prefer it not mounted at startup as then I can't mess anything up in the most important partition on my system

Shak

ALD · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:44

The version of grub that gentoo uses now does use a grub.conf. You allso have to leave out the boot.Try just
kernel /bzimage root=/dev/hda3

Mpemba Effect · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:48

O' really ... hmm never knew that

I'm using the latest 1.4-rc1 ... but I've been using the same menu.lst from the 1.2

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 19:58

I've used RH and it was a symlink between grub.conf and menu.lst. I thought that it would be kept "purer" in Gentoo

There are a lot of changes in this new setup and system are there not? I havent used 1.4 yet

Shak

[RB] · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:01

Yep not mounted!

(I r fool!)

Code:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0) 
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3

That the one?

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:06

Thats the one, is the bzImage located at /boot/bzImage?

Is there meant to be a = between the kernel and its location...I dont think there is, but try it.

Also, check the RAM, my machine with 2MB RAM freaks when booting because of the mem used to boot

Shak

Mpemba Effect · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:07

You missed out root=(hd0,0) so it should look like this:

Code:

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title=Gentoo Linux
root=(hd0,0) 
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:11

You dont need a "=" between the root and where it is

Code:

title=My example Gentoo Linux
root (hd0,0) 
kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda3

Thats the one in the docs.

Shak

Mpemba Effect · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:11

Originally posted by Shak

There are a lot of changes in this new setup and system are there not? I havent used 1.4 yet

Shak

Eh! not that i've noticed, but then again I still use the 1.2 boot cd (which the install has change drastically in the livecd) and where you need to untar the stage I just untar the newer tar.bz2 which I burnt onto another cd

apart from that I do everything identical to the old 1.2 method.

edit: it seem my grub stuff is of the old version too

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:13

I was mainly referring to the setup.

There is now "pci-setup" and "net-setup" etc. Seems slightly odd and new to me

Also subtle changes such as the grub.conf one

Shak

Mpemba Effect · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:16

Originally posted by Shak
I was mainly referring to the setup.

There is now "pci-setup" and "net-setup" etc. Seems slightly odd and new to me

Also subtle changes such as the grub.conf one

Shak

Yeah that what I mean, I don't do any of that. You know the 1.2 cd does a modprobe for you automatically.

[RB] · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:23

I think I'm gonna have to admit defeat and start again!

Pay a little bit attention to detail next time. Make sure everything is right.

Thanks Guys

[RB]

/edit Forgot to say:

hda1 = Boot (ext2)
hda2 = Swap
hda3 = Root (ext2)

if that's any help

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:25

Yeah the PCI autodetect, but then when men were men and people configged their own network cards you didnt have any of these posh scripts, pah! What is the world coming to?

"Those were the days, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers" - Linus Torvalds

Shak

Shak · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:28

Originally posted by [RB]
I think I'm gonna have to admit defeat and start again!

Pay a little bit attention to detail next time. Make sure everything is right.

Thanks Guys

[RB]

/edit Forgot to say:

hda1 = Boot (ext2)
hda2 = Swap
hda3 = Root (ext2)

if that's any help

It may be a problem with the bzImage, I had to do the Gentoo install thrice before I got a decent install

GL

Shak

Mpemba Effect · 4 Nov 2002 at 20:28

Originally posted by [RB]
I think I'm gonna have to admit defeat and start again!

Pay a little bit attention to detail next time. Make sure everything is right.

Thanks Guys

[RB]

/edit Forgot to say:

hda1 = Boot (ext2)
hda2 = Swap
hda3 = Root (ext2)

if that's any help

Keep at it mate, don't let it defeat you yet. Your like there, all it is, is getting it to boot. Is bzImage in /boot?

Originally posted by Shak

"Those were the days, when men were men and wrote their own device drivers" - Linus Torvalds

Shak

Write my own device drivers ... ergh! I think I'll rather be the dog ... lol even a penguin!