Hello, I am trying to setup a Gentoo Linux USB key, I have mostly been following this guide;
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Build_Your_Own_LiveCD_or_LiveDVD but I just can't get grub to read the menu.1st file. The weird thing is, when I get to the 'minimal console' I can type configfile /boot/grub/menu.1st The menu screen loads up as you would expect, the MemTest86+ option works, the other two don't, but one problem at a time ;-) This is the grub.conf / menu.1st file contents: It does say on the guide that isofs doesn't support symlinks, but I'm not using isofs, the partition I am booting off is ext2. Besides, it (almost) works when I type it from the console. I have tested this on two separate computers, both with very different BIOS chips I get the same result with both. Also could someone explain why we need both a menu.1st and grub.conf, which is the more 'correct' one to use? Many thanks Chris, here is a copy of my grub.conf for reference. default 0 timeout 7 splashimage=/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title LiveUSB kernel /boot/vmlinuz real_root=/dev/loop0 looptype=squashfs loop=/livecd.squashfs vga=ask initrd udev nodevfs cdroot dodmraid initrd /boot/initrd title LiveUSB NO-FB kernel /boot/vmlinuz real_root=/dev/loop0 looptype=squashfs loop=/livecd.squashfs initrd udev nodevfs cdroot dodmraid initrd /boot/initrd title Memtest86+ kernel /boot/memtest86plus/memtest.bin -- "They say great science is built on the shoulders of giants - not here. At Aperture we do all our science from scratch; no hand holding." - Cave Johnson, CEO Aperture Science. Follow me on twitter: @zeonglow
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