After you get your machine booted, you will have to hand mount /boot, since it's not mounted for your own safety and protection :-)
mount /dev/hda2 /boot edit your /boot/grub/grub.conf reboot, etc HTH, Jim On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 15:13, Noir wrote: > I am having some difficulties w/ installing Gentoo 1.4 & hope to get some > help. The hdd partition is: > > /dev/hda1 (W2k/ FAT32) > /dev/hda2 (boot +32M) > /dev/hda3 (swap +512M) > /dev/hda4 (root around 7GB) > > I made some mistake in GRUB for which I have to hand hack the booting > process every time; I was wondering how I could edit /boot/grub/grub.conf. > When I log onto the shell I cannot find that file in that location. > > My grub entry according to the Installation manual is: > > > kernel (hd0,1)/boot/bzImage root=/dev/hda4 > > or > > kernel (hd0,1)/boot/kernel-KV root=/dev/hda4 > > which gives a "file not found" error. > > However, handhacking of the bootloader to enter the following make the > booting fine: > > #kernel (hd0,1)/boot/kernel-gentoo-1.4* root=/dev/hda4 > #initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-(TAB) gives initrd output > #boot > > But this hand-hacking also gives some error like not recognizing my boot > partition & asking me to run efsck2 taking me to a single user mode. > > Any kind of help on this would be helpful. > > --Noir. > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
