grub problem please help

[sosoy77]

hi people,i am trying to install gentoo for the 5-th time but the same error is the grub, i did like the manual sees and i got this error:"GNU GRUB version 0.97 (636K lower / 3667840K upper memory)

[Minimal BASH-like line editing is suported. For the first word TAB lists possible command completions.Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename.]

grub>"

please help,where i did wrong thanks aticipate

[devils casper]

Have you created grub.conf file correctly?
Post the contents of /boot/grub/grub.conf file and output of fdisk -l command here.
Try this too: Download SuperGRUB CD and boot up from it. Select 'Fix Linux Boot Loader (GRUB)' option from list. It will re-install GRUB.

[sosoy77]

thanks but still want to know where i did wrong.



this is my fstab:
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults,noatime 1 2
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/sda3 / ext3 noatime 0 1

none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs nodev,nosuid,noexec 0 0

/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom auto user 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto rw,noauto,user,sync 0 0



and this is my /grub.conf:
# Which listing to boot as default. 0 is the first, 1 the second etc.
default 0
# How many seconds to wait before the default listing is booted.
timeout 30
# Nice, fat splash-image to spice things up
# Comment out if you don't have a graphics card installed
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3

title=Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6 (rescue)
# Partition where the kernel image (or operating system) is located
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3 udev
video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6

[devils casper]

root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3

It should be

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6
root (hd0,0)
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r6  root=/dev/sda3 ro

Remove = sign from title line add (hd0,0) and ro in kernel line.

[sosoy77]

ok i did this,my bootloader open i hit enter and this what i got:
"Booting 'Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6
root(hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs,partition type 0x83
Kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3 ro
Error 15:File not found
press any key to continue..."
please help

[devils casper]

Isn't GRUB Menu giving two options? Have you removed = sign from both title lines?
It looks like you are selecting rescue option.
Try removing (hd0,0) from kernel line.

Your grub.conf file should look like this

default 0
timeout 30
splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3 ro
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6

title Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6 (rescue)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3 udev
video=vesafb:mtrr:3,ywrap
initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6

[sosoy77]

the same problem :
Booting 'Gentoo Linux 2.6.23-r6
root (hd0,0)
Filesystem type is ext2fs,partition type 0x83
Kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-X86_64-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3 ro
Error 15:File not found.


but let's see if i am not doing mistakes :
Boot the LiveCD.
mount /dev/hdb4 /mnt/gentoo
mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt/gentoo/boot
mount --bind /dev/ /mnt/gentoo/dev
mount none -t proc /mnt/gentoo/proc
chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/bash
env-update && source /etc/profile
after that:
nano /boot/grub/grub.conf
and editing.
where i do wrong?
please help

[devils casper]

Post the file listing of /boot folder.

ls /boot

and try appending kernel line with (hd0,0) again.

kernel (hd0,0)/boot/kernel-2.6.23-gentoo-r6 root=/dev/sda3 ro

[sosoy77]

i try it but the same problem.and how to send u the picture whit my

ls /boot

i guess i will install again gentoo.thanks so much.

[devils casper]

Just copy the output of ls /boot command or redirect its output to text file.