does /boot contain a recursive link to itself? It should [EMAIL PROTECTED] gentoo $ ls -l /boot
[trim] lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1 Mar 28 08:51 boot -> . On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 22:31 -0600, Harry Putnam wrote: > Zarick Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, > > > >> > >> What happens with this setup is that I get a grub prompt on boot > >> instead of the selection console or splash and boot or whatever is > >> supposed to happen. > >> > >> Instead, I get the grub command line. > >> > > If you get a GRUB command line but no selection menu, you can think GRUB > > *is installed* on the MBR but just doesn't know your configuration. > > > > Then, I think you should first double check the config file of GRUB. > > Where do you save it? It should be /boot/grub/menu.lst or > > /boot/grub/grub.conf > > > > What follows is the actual output of the commands shown but has been > editted for brevity hoping to eliminate possilbe typos. > > ls -l /boot/grub: > (output trimmed and limited to pertinent files > Trimmed out all the `stage' stuff) > > root 299 Mar 29 15:49 grub.conf > root 1495 Mar 22 09:57 grub.conf.sample > root 289 Mar 29 15:39 grub.conf~ > root 20 Mar 29 13:15 menu.lst -> /boot/grub/grub.conf > root 196836 Mar 22 09:57 nbgrub > root 197860 Mar 22 09:57 pxegrub > root 33856 Mar 22 09:57 splash.xpm.gz > > > If your boot partition is hda1, you also need to make sure that the > > /boot is mounted properly. > > > > That is: > > $ mount /dev/hda1 /boot > > mount: > (output trimmed for brevity) > /dev/hda5 on / type reiserfs (rw,noatime) > /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,noatime) > > grep '/boot' /etc/fstab: > /dev/hda1 /boot ext3 defaults,noatime 1 1 > > cat /boot/grub/grub.conf: > > default 0 > timeout 05 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > > Title=gentoo > root (hd0,0) > kernel (hd0,0)/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 root=/dev/ram0 > init=/linux ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda5 > video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 > > > Where to from here...? I'm not spotting the problem that causes me to > get a grub command line on boot. > > A little added info: > > I've tried it with lilo, which I know to be a robust and reliable tool > from years of using it to boot linux. I get the main initrid and the > resulting console in the requested resolution but still don't get a > frame buffer: > > cat /etc/lilo.con: > > boot=/dev/hda > prompt > timeout=50 > default=gentoo > > image=/boot/kernel-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 > label=gentoo > read-only > root=/dev/ram0 > append="init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda5 hdc=ide-scsi > hdd-ide-scsi video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap,[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-gentoo-r1 > > So, at least I'm getting the console res I wanted with lilo, but still > the fbuffer eludes me. > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- [email protected] mailing list
