On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:54:41 +0000, Mick wrote: >> in that the line specifying the kernel has (hd0,0)/boot/kernel... in >> the example, but the error message I give doesn't have the correlating >> (hd1,0)/boot/ prefix. > > You seem to be 'mixing and matching' disks and partitions here. You now > refer back to the Gentoo /boot partition. Decide which one > disk/partition you want to boot and pass the correct line for it to the > Grub bootloader (which is firing up from the MBR of hda). > > Regarding the genkernel (which I have never used) it makes use of a > initrd to bring up the necessary modules at boot up (before the kernel > has been loaded).
Here's an example error message from the Gentoo docs: Code Listing 4.2: Grub Output - Booting an Entry Booting 'gentoo Linux' root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.4.20 root=/dev/hda3 vga=792 Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue... the above isn't my error message, it's a sample from the Gentoo doc's which illustrates (what I thought to be) the form of the error message I see. My error message is as follows: Booting 'gentoo Linux' root (hd1,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 kernel /kernel-has-alsa root=/dev/hdb3 Error 15: File not found Press any key to continue... The significance, to my mind, is that in the line which specifies the kernel, there's no mention of *where* it's looking. -Thufir -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
