Neil Bothwick composed on 2015-08-07 08:56 (UTC+0100): > On Thu, 06 Aug 2015 23:34:56 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
>> I got ahead of things I suppose on the bootloader instructions, which >> include no example for Grub 0.97. I did emerge -s grub to identify the >> package name, then did 'emerge --ask sys-boot/grub-static' without >> first looking for any instructions, after which I somehow found >> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GRUB and its instruction saying >> 'sys-boot/grub:0'. Having already emerged sys-boot/grub-static without >> the :0 appendage, I punted instead of looking up meaning of :0, running >> 'emerge --ask sys-boot/grub-static:0'. That produced 4 beeps prior to >> emerge exit, which the previous emerge did not do. Next I set Grub up >> according to its man page: grub> find /boot/grub/stage1; grub> root >> (hd0,21); grub> setup (hd0,21), then adjusted grub.conf. > Didn't we cover this already? You have GRUB installed to boot your other > distros, all you need to do is add a stanza for Gentoo to your existing > menu.lst. Subject only got touched. That's all I *need* to do. :-) My machines have lots of installations[1], so my master bootloaders only load default kernels (via symlink vmlinuz-cur), installation kernel(s), memtest(s), or chainload. I maintain these manually. Bootloaders on my / partitions are chainloaded to for choosing among multiple installed kernels per distro. Their menus are typically maintained automatically by them rather than me. >> Why is root=/dev/ram0 real_root= in the sample/prototype? > That's for using an initrd, specifically the one produced by genkernel. > With no initrd you simply give the actual root device. I can't remember ever using a distro without an initrd before Gentoo, or needing /dev/ram* to boot except for an installation kernel. [1] e.g., this is from the Athlon I installed Gentoo to 50 months ago, and since decided not to use any time soon to get a newer/current Gentoo. Among my machines, it has a slightly lower than average installation count. http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Dfsee/kt400L13.txt -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/
