On Sunday 30 April 2006 16:57, Mark Knecht wrote: > On 4/30/06, Farhan Ahmed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Try executing this command from the grub command line: > > > > find /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 > > > > It'll return the partition where it finds the file.. It should be > > something like (ab0,x).. Then as usual enter the grub commands.. > > > > root (ab0,x) > > setup (ab0) > > quit > > > > Hope this helps, > > Farhan Ahmed > > Hi Farhan and John, > First, thanks for the quick responses. > > 1) I've booted again from the unversal Install CD. I have two consoles > open - one is in the install environment and the second is in the > chroot'ed environment. > > 2) In the install environment it tells me that I have /dev/sda3 > mounted at /mnt/gentoo and /dev/sda9 mounted at /mnt/gentoo/boot > > 3) In the chroot'ed environment I run grub and then your find command. It > says > > Error 15: File not found > grub> > > 4) In the install environment I can see the kernel file at > /mnt/gentoo/boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 > > 5) In the chroot'ed environment I can see the kernel file at > /boot/bzImage-2.6.16-gentoo-r2 > > 6) I thoought grub supported tab completion but maybe that's only at > boot time. While running grub in a console in the chroot'ed > environment tabs are just moving the cursor to the right. > > Let me know what other info you might need to make another guess. > > Thanks again for your help! > > Cheers, > Mark the find command i meant for you to run was at boot time..hit "e" when the grub menu comes up, then "c" for command-line
Now, did you get into fdisk and make sure your hda9 had a * in the "boot" column? -- John Jolet Your On-Demand IT Department 512-762-0729 www.jolet.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
