On 12/2/2009 11:26 AM, Mick wrote:
2009/12/2 BRM <bm_witn...@yahoo.com>:
I'm still working to get my laptop back up; I have one more thing to try.
Presently, I am having a problem with the compiling a 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 kernel
that actually works. It might be a processor issue - linux reports it as a
Pentium M which is what I have selected during 'make menuconfig', but the the
grub keeps reporting that it is not a recognized format or something to that
effect, so it won't load it.
Questions:
1) I am using the Gentoo 2007.0 LiveCD to boot with, then chroot'ing into my
installation to build the kernel. I shouldn't need a newer LiveCD, correct?
Correct as long as it recognise your hardware.
2) Grub doesn't need to be re-run (e.g. running the grub prompt and going
through the install procedure) after changes to the menu file, correct?
Correct, assuming you have installed GRUB correctly in the first
instance - which makes me ask:
What is your exact error message?
I got that error when I copied the wrong kernel image to /boot, make
sure you are copying the one detailed in the gentoo handbook (chapter 7,
I think).
Marcus
