I'm not sure if you're describing the same issue I'm having. I followed the amd64 handbook to install gentoo. When I go to reboot my system, all I get is "GRUB Loading stage1.5" over and over again. Any Ideas?
On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:56:42 +0100, Heinz Sporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > Ol' GRUB can be a nasty little fellow. Ok let's see: > > You tried to install GRUB to /dev/hda. During the installation GRUB > needs access to /boot since it puts its configuration files > into /boot/grub. Your fstab lists /dev/hda1 (where /boot resides) as > noauto. Did you really mount it before you ran setup? > > An alternative way to install grub: > > grub-install /dev/hda --root-directory=<boot-directory> -- recheck > > If in your scenario the mount point for /dev/hda1 is /mnt/gentoo than > the correct command would be: > > grub-install /dev/hda --root-directory=/mnt/gentoo -- recheck > > Regards > > spox > > Am Sonntag, den 27.02.2005, 01:13 -0500 schrieb J. Patrick Campbell: > > i've been fighting this new install for 2 days now. > > i've tried grub and lilo. > > grub just scrolls 'GRUB' down the screen, no matter what do. > > lilo prints 02 about 30 times and stops > > i've tried 2 hard drives in this machine which was previously running XP. > > it's a p4 1.7ghz with 512mb ram > > > > here's my grub.conf > > > > default 0 > > timeout 4 > > > > title Gentoo Linux 2.6.10r6 > > root (hd0,0) > > kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.10 root=/dev/hda3 > > > > here's my /etc/fstab > > > > # <fs> <mountpoint> <type> <opts> > > <dump/pass> > > > > # NOTE: If your BOOT partition is ReiserFS, add the notail option to opts. > > /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 noauto,noatime > > 1 1 > > /dev/hda3 / reiserfs noatime > > 0 0 > > /dev/hda2 none swap sw > > 0 0 > > /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro > > 0 0 > > #/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto > > 0 0 > > > > # NOTE: The next line is critical for boot! > > none /proc proc defaults > > 0 0 > > > > # glibc 2.2 and above expects tmpfs to be mounted at /dev/shm for > > # POSIX shared memory (shm_open, shm_unlink). > > # (tmpfs is a dynamically expandable/shrinkable ramdisk, and will > > # use almost no memory if not populated with files) > > # Adding the following line to /etc/fstab should take care of this: > > > > none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults > > 0 0 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > > > > i boot from livecd 2004.3 > > i mount root, boot, proc, turn on swap and chroot. > > then i run grub > > > > root (hd0,0) > > setup (hd0) > > > > this runs ok with no errors. > > on reboot it just scrolls GRUB. > > > > i'm stuck! > > thanks, > > > > ~P > > > > > -- > Mit freundlichen Gr��en > > Heinz Sporn > > SPORN it-freelancing > > Mobile: ++43 (0)699 / 127 827 07 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Snail: Steyrer Str. 20 > A-4540 Bad Hall > Austria / Europespox > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
