hmmm... at first glance, I don't really see a problem with your fstab - except that you are mounting the same partition twice, but I don't know if that shouldn't be done.
At this point, I think you've passed by my skills... My boxes are setup using the 3 partition layout that the install guide uses. Beyond this, we'll need to hear from someone who understands the fstab and mounting better than me. Best of luck with it.... Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Jason Louie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 12:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Gentoo Grub help Here is the fstab: /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 noauto,noatime 1 1 /dev/hda1 / ext3 noatime 0 0 /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 ### End of fstab ### Yes it was a late night. Vacation can skew your schedule like that :-) Shawn Grover wrote: > > You need to do something like this: > > mount /dev/hda1 /boot > > before you copy your image to the boot partition, and before you setup Grub. > In your fstab file, the default is to NOT mount the /boot partition when the > system comes up. So, if you don't do the mount first, then you are simply > putting the files into a directory - not on the boot partition. > > (looks like you had a LATE night.... :D ) > > HTH > > Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jason Louie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Gentoo Grub help > > So do I need to make a boot partition? I did the following: > > grub> root (hd0,0) > grub> setup (hd0) > > Here is the grub.conf file: > > timeout 30 > default 0 > fallback 1 > > # Splash Image > splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz > title GNU/Linux > root (hd0,0) > kernel (hd0,0)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda1 > > # For installing GRUB into the hard disk > title Install GRUB into the hard disk > root (hd0,0) > setup (hd0) > > # Change the colors. > title Change the colors > color light-green/brown blink-red/blue > ### end of grub file ### > > Here is the /boot/ listing: > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Aug 14 00:41 boot -> . > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1333181 Aug 21 02:46 bzImage > drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Aug 21 11:19 grub > ### End of listing ### > > # /etc/mtab > /dev/hda1 / ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 rw,noatime 0 0 > ### end of mtab ### > > Was it correct copying the grub directory into /boot/? > > Shawn Grover wrote: > > > > Sounds like you forgot to mount the /boot partition before going through > the > > Grub setup. I've done this a couple of times when recompiling my kernel. > > Posting your grub.conf file will help some, but I think the problem is in > > how/when grub got installed. > > > > Shawn > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 2:34 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: (clug-talk) Gentoo Grub help > > > > Hello all, I've just spent the last little while installing Gentoo and > have > > ran into a little snag. I'm not very formilar with grub or the details of > > the boot process so bare with me. After I install gentoo and reboot the > > computer I get the following output: > > GRUB hard disk error > > > > I've gone through the installation manual and looked to google to find a > > solution but couldn't diagnose the problem. I've complied the kernel and > > copied the bzImage to the /boot directory on /dev/hda1 and installed grub > as > > my bootloader. I have two partitions > > > > /dev/hda1 >> / > > /dev/hda2 >> swap > > > > I've set /dev/hda1 to be bootable using cfdisk. > > One odd thing I noticed was that when I installed grub, /grub/ was created > > rather than /boot/grub/ as mentioned in all the gentoo examples I've seen. > > I've tried linking to the /grub/ directory and even copied the directory > > recursivly into the /boot/ directory but the same problem exists. I'm out > > of ideas here and any help is apprieciated. Thx. > > > > Jason
