On 6 May 2010 09:37, Roger Mason <rma...@mun.ca> wrote: > Hello all, > > I just built a new machine (celeron 3 GHz) using a script that builds > the kernel using genkernel and a config that is copied from that of the > kernel on the install cd. The latter was downloaded and burned from a > very recent autobuild. > > The build process appears to complete successfully, with nothing > untoward in the logs. However, the machine will not boot but hangs at > this point in the process: > > root (hd0,0) > > Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83 > kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/ram0 > init=linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3 vga=791 > > [Linux-bzImage, setup=0x3000, size=0x2a8d80] > > This is the grub.conf: > > default 0 > timeout 5 > > title Gentoo genkernel-x86-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 > root (hd0,0) > > kernel /boot/kernel-genkernel-x86-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 root=/dev/ram0 > init=/linuxrc ramdisk=8192 real_root=/dev/sda3 vga=791 > initrd /boot/initramfs-genkernel-x86-2.6.32-gentoo-r7 > > I have verified that the names of the kernel and initrd on the disk > match those in grub.conf. In any case a wrong filename is usually > signalled as 'not found' during the boot process. > > Can anyone suggest how to debug this?
When I get problems like this I usually run grub in a terminal and then use autocompletion to find out what grub sees: root (hd <--tab it will list all partitions and hopefully help you find your boot partition. Then search for the kernel image: kernel /boot/ <--tab If you have chosen the correct grub root partition you should find your kernel image in there. -- Regards, Mick
