I appreciate the pointers. however it also said that it couldn't embed grub. I believer my error was installing it to the boot partition and/or the fact that a different (64b vs 32b). unfortunately i did mess it up enough that grub went to the rescue/command line when i tried to reboot. Starting over, gentoo partition is fine so i just need an os to wok under while i properly config grub2, rather than trying to install grub on a partition rather than a disk (have a /boot partition), that should work. that's what happens when i try to do things with a bad headache because i'm bored and need a distraction. On the other hand i've developed an understanding of what the handbook says and learned more about text shell commands. Thank you again.
mad.scientist.at.large (a good madscientist) -- God bless the rich, the greedy and the corrupt politicians they have put into office. God bless them for helping me do the right thing by giving the rich my little pile of cash. After all, the rich know what to do with money. 23. Mar 2018 06:13 by michaelkintz...@gmail.com <mailto:michaelkintz...@gmail.com>: > On Thursday, 22 March 2018 22:57:31 GMT > mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com > <mailto:mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com>> > wrote: >> When I run "grub-install/dev/boot" (following the manual) I i get the error >> "grub-install: error: cannot find a GRUB for /dev/boot. > > You have typed no space between the command 'grub-install' and the device. > > Do you have a "/dev/boot" device listed in your filesystem? > > If yes, is it pointing to the disk (e.g.) /dev/sda where you want the GRUB > boot code to be installed? > > >> Check your device >> map" I looked at the /boot partition and there is no device map. > ............................................................................... > You may want to have a look at this page, if you haven't done so already: > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2 <https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB2> > > -- > Regards, > Mick
