On Sunday 30 October 2005 01:48, DR GM SEDDON wrote: > Karol Krizka wrote: > >On Saturday 29 October 2005 07:16, DR GM SEDDON wrote: > >>my grub.conf: > >>' default 0 > >>timeout 5 > >>splashimage=(hd0.0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > >> > >>title=linux-2.6.13 > >>root (hd0.0) > >>kernel /genkernel--x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc > >>ramdisk-8193 real_root=/dev/hda3 udev > >>initrd /initrd' > > > >I have the sameconfig and it works ok exept the name of /initrd I > >have /initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3. Maybe that is the > > problem? > > > >>I see hoew by saying root (hd0,0) leaves things relative to /boot. But > >>there is no linuxrc in /boot. I think this is the prob. > > > >/linuxrc is in the initramfs thing so that's not the problem. > > > >>The error code is 15. > >>Thanks > >> > >>Craig Webster wrote: > >>>On 29 Oct 2005, at 14:21, DR GM SEDDON wrote: > >>>>Dmitri Pogosyan wrote: > >>>>>Not really, you can use initramfs in place of initrd. I have in > >>>>>grub.conf title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.13-r3 UDEV root (hd0,0) kernel / > >>>>>kernel-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk=16384 init=/linuxrc > >>>>>real_root=/dev/sda2 vga=3847 udev initrd /initramfs-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 > >>>>> > >>>>>>Dear list, I have just started using Gentoo and up-to-now am > >>>>>>impressed. I have generated a kernel using 'genkernel' and the > >>>>>>kernel is in /boot. However, I do not have 'initrd' but > >>>>>>'initramfs'. is this a problem or should I modify grub > >>>>>>appropriately? Gavin. -- [email protected] mailing list > >>>> > >>>>I noticed your files are in / not /boot where mine are. Should I > >>>>mv them? > >>> > >>>They're in / only on the boot partition ie they are in the root of > >>>(hd0,0). > >>> > >>>If you are specifying your files as living in /boot on the boot > >>>partition then this could stop your system booting fully. > >>> > >>>Perhaps you could post your grub.conf? > >>> > >>>Yours, > >>>Craig > >>>-- > >>>Craig Webster | t: +44 (0)131 516 8595 | e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Xeriom.NET | f: +44 (0)709 287 1902 | w: http://xeriom.net > > grub.conf > 'default 0 > timeout 5 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > title=linux-2.6.13 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /genkernel-x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 > init=/initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3 ramdisk=8192 > real_boot=/dev/hda3 udev > initrd /initrd' > Try replacing the kernel name with kernel-genkernel-x86_64-2.6.13-gentoo-r3, if that dosn't work show us the outpot of ls /boot.
<snip> > > I wondered, should /boot be ext2? Or should I use some of the 'default' > entries? This is my line for the boot partition: /dev/hda1 /boot auto noauto,noatime,notail 1 1 It's reiserFS I think. I used "auto" because I wasn't sure what to type for it. > Thanks. > I looked at the url mentioned it tells me my error(15) is grub not > finding my kernel. How do I tell grub to boot my kernel from the > command line? It tells me the kernel needs to be loaded first. Press e over the kernel you want to boot, then choose the line you want to edit and press e again. You can also use d to delete a line. There is instructions for more key bindings on the bottom of GRUB. -- Karol Krizka
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