Cant boot Gentoo

**budman7** · 04-14-2005

I am attempting a stage3 install. I did almost everything exactly the way the handbook said to.
The only thing I didn't do was to create a /boot partition. Or install a bootloader. I tried installing to /dev/hda9 where / is. But,it kept giving me errors. So, I didnt bother. I am using SUSE's grub bootloader to boot all the rest of my OS's.
I used a genkernel, and put the information that the handbook said to put in to the Gentoo bootloader, and I put that in my SUSE menu.lst.
Now when I try to boot Gentoo, I get Grub error 15, file not found.

The only other thing I did different was in the title I put Gentoo, instead of Gentoo+the kernel name. But I don't think that should matter.

**sdousley** · 04-14-2005

let me get this straight then, /boot is within the / partition (which is /dev/hda9)?

Also, could u paste your suse's /boot/grub/menu.lst file?

**budman7** · 04-14-2005

This is the entry in SUSE's menu.lst.
[quote]title Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
root (hd0,9)
kernel /kernel-2.6.11-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_
root=/dev/hda9
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3

And this is the Gentoo menu.lst

default 0
timeout 30
title=Gentoo
root (hd0,8)
kernel /kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/hda9
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3

**budman7** · 04-14-2005

oooooooooops :oops: :oops: :oops: (hd0,9) :oops: :oops: :oops:

**budman7** · 04-14-2005

I don't feel so embarrassed now.
Changing that (hd0,9) to (hd0,8) changed the error I get from system is ext2fs to system is reiserfs.

Still get error 15 file not found.
But, there is something there, I just have to figure ot how to get to it.

What is up with the 8) in my post? It should 8 ) without the space.

**budman7** · 04-14-2005

Sdousley, when you installed Gentoo, were you adding it to your already existing OS's?
If so, could you c&p your entry in SUSE/menu.lst for Gentoo. I would appreciate it.

**loft306** · 04-14-2005

did u put ur gentoo kernel in /boot...... you should only have the one /boot in suse

this error is from grub not finding the kernel where u have it looking for it

the root (hdx,x) should be the same as with your suse setup....just to make life easier and put the kernel in /boob

another way to do this would be to let grub find the kernel for you by as root type

Code:

grub

then at the grub prompt type

Code:

find  /path/to/the/kernel/and/the/exact/name/of/the/kernel/

hit enter and i it should output a a(hdx,x) that is the root (hdx,x) where the kernel is
(this can also be done at the grub prompt when u get the error, then once u know where it is u can manualy boot it if you want by typing

Code:

kernel /path/to/kernel/kernel

then type

Code:

boot <kernel>

**budman7** · 04-14-2005

Actually the pathname is what I am having trouble with.
So, I tried Nerderello's grub tutorial, where he has the TAB completion commands.
When I typed
feub>kernel (hd0,8)/ this was returned
kernel (hd0,8)/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3

So, I put that into my menu.lst in SUSE. Now my menu entry for gentoo in SUSE looks like this
[quote]title Gentoo Linux 2.6.11-r3
root (hd0,8)
kernel (hd0,8)/boot/kernel-2.6.11-gentoo-r3 root=/dev/hda9
initrd /initrd-2.6.11-gentoo-r3

**budman7** · 04-15-2005

Is a separate boot partition necessary to boot Gentoo? If it is necessary, that is my problem. Because I don't have one.

And if it is necessary to have one. How can I chainload it?

**CoffeeMonster** · 04-15-2005

Originally Posted by budman7

Is a separate boot partition necessary to boot Gentoo? If it is necessary, that is my problem. Because I don't have one.

And if it is necessary to have one. How can I chainload it?

No it's not, I have /boot and the root fs on the same partition...

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