Tristan Scott wrote:
I have a 750 pIII with Gentoo on it, got the system cheap cos i work in a computer shop. built OS, kernel and so on, but im having trouble with grub....
now, the help file said to : # grub grub> root (hd0,0) grub> setup (hd0) grub> quit # nano -w /boot/grub/grub.conf nano> default 0 nano> timeout 30 nano> # there is a splash image here, but i cant remember the path, and commenting nano> # it out doesnt change things nano> nano> title Mp3/web server nano> root (hd0,0) nano> kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage root=/dev/hda2 nano>
when i run grub> setup (hd0), i get a messages about grub.conf - a positive message. copying it to manu.lst dosent work either.
when i boot, i get grub screen, as if i had run grub from the command prompt. no sign of the splash screen. i assume this is a broken config?
if i then type:
grub> kernel (hd0,0)/bzImage grub> boot
the system will boot as normal. BTW hda1 = /boot = 50mb hda2 = / = ~19.8GB hda3 = swap = 150mb
ideally i want this booting, then ill build apache, mysql, php and all the other stuff. the 20gb is temporary, will buy an 80GB and serve streaming mp3s from a website over the local lan.
You need something like:
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# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
default 0 timeout 5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Whatever you want here root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda2
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Be sure you have "/boot/bzImage" and "root=/dev/hda2" correct or it won't boot!
Cheers, Laurie.