Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:57:57 schreef Giant Y: Hello, I am a Debian user and now want to try gentoo. Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the quick install guide on http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml. Unluckily, this guide cannot help me install gentoo successfully. The problem is Grub2 cannot boot correct. The following picture show all items in /boot directory. When the system starts, it enters the grub2 console. I tried to boot manually, but failed. Please help me! - posted by *Giant Y* You should follow the grub setup from the handbook, the quick install guide describes legacy grub. I'm running Gentoo inside Virtualbox. I had to add GRUB_PLATFORMS=pc to /etc/portage/make.conf to make grub2-install work. Cheers, Paul
Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 02:57:57PM +0800, Giant Y wrote: Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the quick install guide onA http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml. Unluckily, I would actually recommend going through the handbook for your first install of Gentoo anyway, since it does provide a nice introduction to the key mechanics of Gentoo. There's also some very useful information about Gentoo (introduction to portage, for example) in part two of the handbook. That being said, I don't think it caters to VirtualBox environments specifically, so Paul's note on setting GRUB_PLATFORMS should be used too. Cheers; -- wraeth wra...@wraeth.id.au GnuPG Key: B2D9F759 signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
Thank you. The problem solved. - posted by *Giant Y* On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 6:34 PM, wraeth wra...@wraeth.id.au wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 02:57:57PM +0800, Giant Y wrote: Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the quick install guide onA http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml. Unluckily, I would actually recommend going through the handbook for your first install of Gentoo anyway, since it does provide a nice introduction to the key mechanics of Gentoo. There's also some very useful information about Gentoo (introduction to portage, for example) in part two of the handbook. That being said, I don't think it caters to VirtualBox environments specifically, so Paul's note on setting GRUB_PLATFORMS should be used too. Cheers; -- wraeth wra...@wraeth.id.au GnuPG Key: B2D9F759
Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
On Friday, November 21, 2014 09:34:30 PM wraeth wrote: On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 02:57:57PM +0800, Giant Y wrote: Firstly, I install gentoo in Virtual box for practice. I follow the quick install guide onA http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x86-quickinstall.xml. Unluckily, I would actually recommend going through the handbook for your first install of Gentoo anyway, since it does provide a nice introduction to the key mechanics of Gentoo. Actually, I wouldn't use the quickinstall guide in its current state. The end-result is different from the recommended options in the current install-guide. To do it quick, I would skip the text and just follow the commands. For a first-time install, do read the entire manual, it explains why certain commands are run. There's also some very useful information about Gentoo (introduction to portage, for example) in part two of the handbook. +1 That being said, I don't think it caters to VirtualBox environments specifically, so Paul's note on setting GRUB_PLATFORMS should be used too. I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add anything to GRUB_PLATFORMS ever. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:06:24 schreef J. Roeleveld: I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add anything to GRUB_PLATFORMS ever. Strange, I couldn't get grub2-install to run without diving into GRUB_PLATFORMS. I installed not too long ago and I've had to re-emerge grub a few times with different settings until it finally agreed to install itself. Come to think of it, I may have started out with my desktop copy of make.conf, which is configured for EFI boot. I might have a go without GRUB_PLATFORMS altogether and see what happens. Paul
Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
On Fri, November 21, 2014 15:35, Paul Klos wrote: Op vrijdag, november 21, 2014 14:06:24 schreef J. Roeleveld: I use VirtualBox on my laptop for testing and haven't had to add anything to GRUB_PLATFORMS ever. Strange, I couldn't get grub2-install to run without diving into GRUB_PLATFORMS. I installed not too long ago and I've had to re-emerge grub a few times with different settings until it finally agreed to install itself. Come to think of it, I may have started out with my desktop copy of make.conf, which is configured for EFI boot. I might have a go without GRUB_PLATFORMS altogether and see what happens. Paul Unless specifically mentioned, VirtualBox does not use EFI. That could easily be the difference we are seeing. -- Joost
Re: [gentoo-user]ask for installation help!
141121 Giant Y wrote: Hello, I am a Debian user and now want to try Gentoo. The first of many, hopefully (grin) ! Others have quickly helped you solve your problem, as is typical here, but there is also the long-standing Lilo, which continues to suit me. I don't know whether it has any difficulties with Virtual Box. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT`-O--O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca
