Thanks for your advice.
Finally I got the problem fixed. Now Gentoo can be started. I can mount CDRom but not Floppy.
# mount -t ext2 (ext3 or dos) /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems
I also tried
# mount /mnt/floppy with no result
My /etc/fstab ........ /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto, owner, kudzu (I have this line "proc /proc proc default whether I need it)
However '/boot/grub/grub.conf' disappears, both the folder 'grub' and 'grub.conf'
# updatedb # locate grub.conf /usr/share/doc/grub-0.93.20030118/grub.conf.sample.gz
Could not find it !!!!! There is nothing under /boot/
I still have following problems.
1) sound card could not be detected (I will deal it as a new issue in another posting)
2) bootdisk could not boot the new system automatically. It prompted; grub>
(Remark: I created it according to Code listing 24.1 as follows)
# cd /usr/share/grub/i386-pc/ # cat stage1 stage2 > /dev/fd0
I could not mount it to read its content
3) I could not connect broadband
My /etc/conf.d/net iface_eth1="dhcp" (only one line. only one ethernet card)
# adsl-setup (tried as ROOT and Super ROOT) - bash: adsl-setup: command not found # neat - bash: neat: command not found
I need to connect to broadband because I expect to continue installing other packages such as KDE, GNOME and update them from Internet.
starbaby (~) $ sudo mount /dev/hdb1 /boota) What are following lines used for
starbaby (~) $ cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd1,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux
root (hd1,0)
kernel (hd1,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/hdb3 hdc=ide-scsi
initrd (hd1,0)/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r7
starbaby (~) $ sudo mount /dev/hdb1 /boot starbaby (~) $ cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
b) Why you use (hd1,0) not (hd0,0) ?
Thanks
B.R. Stephen
On Sat, 2003-10-11 at 13:22, Stephen Liu wrote:
Hi Barry,
Further to my previous posting
I followed Code listing 23.4 to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf
********************* Code listing 23.4: grub.conf for GRUB
default 0 timeout 30 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
# If you're using genkernel, use something like this instead: title=My example Gentoo Linux (genkernel) root (hd0,0) kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-KV root=/dev/hda3 initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-KV ***************************************
I copied all and only changed only 'root=/dev/hda3' to 'root=/dev/hde3'
Any comment. Thanks
B.R. Stephen
Stephen Liu wrote:
Hi Barry,
Thanks for your response
Yes. I followed the installation instruction to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf with 'nano' editor. Maybe I have done something wrong there. Unfortunately the boot disk also can't boot the new system. Kindly advise how to start the system to re-edit /boot/grub/grub.conf other than to boot up the new system with CD1Did you edit your grub.conf (fairly well documented in the installation docs)? Looks like you used the dummy default version.
Thanks in advance.
B.R. Stephen
On 23:17 Sat 11 Oct , Stephen Liu wrote:
Hi all folks,
I just finished installation of Gentoo-Linux1.4 On booting the new system it prompted
*************** Booting 'My example Gentoo Linux (genkernel)' Filessytem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-KV root=/dev/hde3
Error 15: File not found ***************
My new system =========== Root hde3 (Reiserfs) Boot hde1 (Ext3) Swap hde2
Booted with bootdiskette ================= Grub loading Stage2 grub>
I tried following commands without success grub> boot Error 8: Kernel must be loaded before booting
grub> /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r7 Error 27: Unrecognized command etc.
Kindly advise how to proceed. Thanks in advance.
B.R.
Stephen Liu
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