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| Thread ID: 61309 | 2005-08-31 07:15:00 | Gentoo installation issue | jcr1 (893) | Press F1 |
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| 385014 | 2005-09-03 02:27:00 | Are you following the handbook word for word? eg on my second install of Gentoo and the second reading of the handbook, I read some things that had been missed first time around. I also assume you are compiling Gentoo on an Intel based machine (the x86 within your initramfs file name)? I didn't do the " add "vga=791 splash=silent" If you use a bootsplash framebuffer" suggestion after the first install. It worked for me :) I think it says in the handbook that if you used genkernel, this is not necessary (under section on 'Grub' I think it was) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 385015 | 2005-09-03 03:15:00 | Are you following the handbook word for word? eg on my second install of Gentoo and the second reading of the handbook, I read some things that had been missed first time around. Pretty sure I am. I installed 2004. a few months ago. Why can't I get it now is the question I ask myself. I also assume you are compiling Gentoo on an Intel based machine (the x86 within your initramfs file name)? Yes I didn't do the " add "vga=791 splash=silent" If you use a bootsplash framebuffer" suggestion after the first install. It worked for me :) I think it says in the handbook that if you used genkernel, this is not necessary (under section on 'Grub' I think it was) That's how I read it to. But I'm getting to the stage where I'll try anything. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 385016 | 2005-09-03 03:28:00 | Whats your /etc/fstab look like... especially the /dev/x where x==harddrive-partition listings Post it here |
Myth (110) | ||
| 385017 | 2005-09-03 04:01:00 | real_root=/dev/hdb4 Im not sure what root= should be, maybe it's your boot, maybe its your real_root= Dont forget you can simply press "e" at grub to edit it, rather than chrooting off the LiveCD each time :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 385018 | 2005-09-03 23:52:00 | real_root=/dev/hdb4 Im not sure what root= should be, maybe it's your boot, maybe its your real_root= Dont forget you can simply press "e" at grub to edit it, rather than chrooting off the LiveCD each time :) Tried real_root=/dev/hdb4 & real_root=/dev/hdb2 , doesn't make a bit of difference. Interesting though I can go as far when I boot in, as being able to run a few commands i.e. cd /etc then ls & I get a list of the contents of /etc, but I can't do anything with them and it refuses to recognise su (I have set a password). I'm absolutely confident with fstab. |
jcr1 (893) | ||
| 385019 | 2005-09-04 00:22:00 | If you boot to the livecd and run # fdisk /dev/hdb # p Whats the results? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 385020 | 2005-09-04 03:29:00 | So you've tried root=*boot* and also real_root=*/* So you should have something like: kernel=/kernel-2.6.13 root=/dev/hdb2 real_root=/dev/hdb4 ? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 385021 | 2005-09-04 03:54:00 | title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.12-r6 {1}root (hd1,1) {2}kernel /kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 {3}init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hdb4 udev {4}initrd /initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.12-gentoo-r6I don't know anything about Gentoo ( :cool: ) but it looks as if you are pushing it with a stick and hoping something will work. The "real_root" symbol looks to be an act of desperation (and wrong) when poked into the "kernel line". I would have thought the "kernel=" line "root=" should point at where the "/" is to be.. Look at the section of your grub.conf I have quoted here, with added line numbers. Was this automatically created? {1} defines root as the first partition. That will be probably be where "/boot" (or "/linuxrc" ?) lives. Where do your kernels (full, and ...rd) live? {2} that's the kernel you run, if you ever get that far, and where it is to have its "/" root; I wonder at the /dev/ram0 . :confused: {3} This says that you use a ram disk first to boot in, rather than the hard disk. The actual root for the full kernel (which will be loaded under control of the "rd" kernel) "/" will be /dev/hdb4 (if you ever ... ;)) {4} that is the "initial ramdisk kernel" which starts first. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 385022 | 2005-09-04 04:39:00 | I don't know anything about Gentoo ( :cool: ) but it looks as if you are pushing it with a stick and hoping something will work. The "real_root" symbol looks to be an act of desperation (and wrong) when poked into the "kernel line". I would have thought the "kernel=" line "root=" should point at where the "/" is to be.. Look at the section of your grub.conf I have quoted here, with added line numbers. Was this automatically created? {1} defines root as the first partition. That will be probably be where "/boot" (or "/linuxrc" ?) lives. Where do your kernels (full, and ...rd) live? {2} that's the kernel you run, if you ever get that far, and where it is to have its "/" root; I wonder at the /dev/ram0 . :confused: {3} This says that you use a ram disk first to boot in, rather than the hard disk. The actual root for the full kernel (which will be loaded under control of the "rd" kernel) "/" will be /dev/hdb4 (if you ever ... ;)) {4} that is the "initial ramdisk kernel" which starts first.I probably know little more than you,I just followed what was written here (www.gentoo.org) I don't understand it fully, it was what was written to use, and in my case I know it works (as this is posted from Gentoo). |
Myth (110) | ||
| 385023 | 2005-09-04 11:21:00 | Just compile your own kernel without an initrd, works much better/easier! | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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